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American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI / Kate Winkler Dawson.

by Dawson, Kate Winkler.

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G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020.

363.25092 H469a

Heinrich, Edward Oscar, 1881-1953.

Criminologists -- United States -- Biography.

Forensic sciences -- United States -- History.

325 p., 8 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"From the acclaimed author of Death in the Air ("Not since Devil in the White City has a book told such a harrowing tale"--Douglas Preston) comes the riveting story of the birth of criminal investigation in the twentieth century"--Publisher.

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