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DEATH'S ACRE
INSIDE THE LEGENDARY "BODY FARM" |
| By: |
Jon Jefferson, Bill Bass, Patricia Cornwell (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0751534463 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780751534467 |
| Publisher: |
LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP |
| Pub. date: |
28 February, 2004 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
* In 1981 DR. William Bass founded the Anthropology Research facility at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, the world's only laboratory devoted to the study of human corpses. This is his personal account of the real 'Body Fam', the only one of its kind in the world. |
| Synopsis: |
On a wooded hillside in Tennessee blowflies, bacteria and buzzards feast on human flesh, unhindered by coffins or mausoleums. They're buried in shallow graves; submerged in tanks of water; concealed under slabs of concrete; locked in the boots and backseats of rusting cars. They are serving the needs of science in the cause of justice. In DEATH'S ACRE Dr Bill Bass, the facility's founder and one of the world's leading forensic scientists, describes how he created it and how the work of he and his colleagues have brought murderers to justice and cleared the names of the innocent. Within a riveting narrative he details his own career and the many criminal cases he has been involved in, bringing forensic science vividly to life and highlighting its crucial role in modern day policing. |
| Illustrations: |
Section: 16, b/w |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Sphere |
| Returns: |
Returnable |