18 tiny deaths the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics
"Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known...
| Main Author: | Goldfarb, Bruce (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Naperville, Illinois :
Sourcebooks,
[2020]
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| Summary: |
"Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dioramas that appear charming-until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies-splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs-clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today. 18 Tiny Deaths is the story of a woman who overcame the limitations and expectations imposed by her social status and pushed forward an entirely new branch of science that we still use today"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781492680475 1492680478 |
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