Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange And Fascinating Cases Of A Forensic Anthropologist by Browning , Maples , William R. Maples, Michael Browning and Michael Browning (9780099416135)

Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange And Fascinating Cases Of A Forensic Anthropologist

William Maples was a groundbreaking criminal anthropologist. From a skeleton, a skull, or a mere fragment of bone, he could deduce the age and sex of a corpse and the manner in which the victim met its death. Numerous brutal and vicious murders were solved through his skill in reading the bones of the dead.Dead Men Do Tell Tales reveals the fascinating case histories behind some of his most unusual and horrific investigations. In startling and sometimes gruesome detail, but always with remarkable compassion, Dr Maples describes the steps he took in resolving each mystery -f rom baffling dismemberment cases to the identity of long-buried skeletons.

ISBN: 9780099416135

Category: General

Format: Paperback

Publication Date: 2002-04-05

Publisher: Random House

Country of origin: GBR

Pages: 371

Weight: 261g

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