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The Bone Lady - Life as a Forensic Anthropologist

The Bone Lady - Life as a Forensic Anthropologist

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Written with the compassion and humor of a born storyteller, this is an unforgettable glimpse into the lab where one forensic anthropologist works to reveal the human stories behind the remains.

When a skeleton is all that's left to tell the story of a crime, Mary H. Manhein, otherwise known as "the bone lady," is called in. For almost two decades, Manhein has used her expertise in forensic pathology to help law enforcement agents—locally, nationally, and internationally—solve their most perplexing mysteries. She shares the extraordinary details of the often high-profile cases on which she works, and the science underlying her analyses. Here are Civil War skeletons, cases of alleged voodoo and witchcraft, crimes of political intrigue, and the before-and-after of facial reconstruction.
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