A Voice For The Dead: A Forensic Investigator's Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave
by Starrs, James E. With Katherine Ramsland
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399152253
- ISBN 13
- 9780399152252
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About This Item
New York, New York USA: Putnam Pub Group, 2005. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book Club Edition in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Clean, unmarked, tight & solid book with clean jacket that is shelf-rubbed. James Star s provides a look inside the world of forensic science by taking the reader behind the scenes and on the sites of several exhumations. He intends to set the record straight on the coldest of cold cases. to right the wrongs done by tall tales, cover-ups, and cherished historical legends. Some of the cases he deals with are: Alfred Packer, a 19th century Colorado prospector accused of cannabalism; Mary Sullivan, supposedly a victim of Albert DeSalvo, who may or may not have been the Boston Stangler; Frank Olson, a Cold War government scientist who may not have just 'fallen' from a high floor of a New York hotel; and others. 284 pages with bibligraphy and index. 5.75 x 8.6 inches. Putnam Publishing Group, New York, 2005.
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
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- Title
- A Voice For The Dead: A Forensic Investigator's Pursuit of the Truth in the Grave
- Author
- Starrs, James E. With Katherine Ramsland
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- ISBN 10
- 0399152253
- ISBN 13
- 9780399152252
- Publisher
- Putnam Pub Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York USA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- FORENSIC SCIENCE; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION; COLD CASES; EXHUMATION;
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
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- 0 oz
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