Bones : A Forensic Detective's Casebook

fascinating, Educational, And Highly Readable, Bones Takes Readers Into The Dark World Of Forensic Science. "Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook is the legendary authority regarding forensic detective work, introducing dozens of different cases, from the bizarre ancient burial practices of the Mayans and Aztecs to America's twelfth president Zachary Taylor, who was exhumed and autopsied on the suspicion that he had been murdered by his successor, Millard Fillmore." "Also in this edition, there is the fascinating story of Elmer J. McCurdy, a train robber and victim of a violent death. Six and a half decades later, mcCurdy's mummified remains turned up as a prop at the Laugh in the Dark Funhouse in Long Beach, California. The discovery that the remains were real, and not just a man-made dummy, came during the filming of an episode of the television show The Six Million Dollar Man; one of McCurdy's arms came off, revealing bone. When the story of McCurdy's journey through sideshows and roadside attractions throughout the West for over half a century was reported in the Wall Street Journal, it was noted that several carnival ticket stubs were found in Elmer's mouth." "Upon the dozens and dozens of true stories in Bones, there are accounts of homicide, cannibalism, ritual sacrifice and other horrific crimes, solved and unsolved, from Ubelaker's own personal casebooks and those of the Smithsonian. Illustrated with over seventy-five photos and drawings, reconstructions, computer sketches, and photographic super-impositions, this book fascinatingly reveals the indelible stories that bones have to tell. Book jacket."--Jacket Fascinating, educational, and highly readable, Bones takes readers into the dark world of forensic science. --publisher