18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics
✍ Scribed by Bruce Goldfarb
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 465 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9786034446229
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✦ Synopsis
"Eye-opening biography of Frances Glessner Lee, who brought American medical forensics into the scientific age...genuinely compelling."—Kirkus Reviews
"A captivating portrait of a feminist hero and forensic pioneer." —Booklist
The story of a woman whose ambition and accomplishments far exceeded the expectations of her time, 18 Tiny Deaths follows the transformation of a young, wealthy socialite into the mother of modern forensics...
Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity.
Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes, and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dollhouses that appear charming—until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, or a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course,...