American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI
by Dawson, Kate Winkler (Author)
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Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with beakers, microscopes, and hundreds upon hundreds of books sat Edward Oscar Heinrich, America's first forensic scientists. Working in a time when the turmoil of Prohibition led to sensationalized crime reporting and only a small, systematic study of ev... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Tales from the archive: pistols, jawbones, and love poetry
- A bloody mess: the case of Allene Lamson's bath, part I
- Genius: the case of Oscar Heinrich's demons
- Heathen: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part I
- Pioneer: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part II
- Damnation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part I
- Indignation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part II
- Double 13: the case of the great train heist
- Bad chemistry: the case of the calculating chemist
- Bits and pieces: the case of Bessie Ferguson's ear
- Triggered: the case of Marty Colwell's gun
- Damned: the case of Allene lamson's Bath, part II.