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Lädt ... Teasing secrets from the dead : my investigations at America's most infamous crime scenes (Original 2004; 2004. Auflage)von Emily A. Craig
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Interesting at first but gets a bit repetitive after a while. She’s a bit to eager to please and respectful of everybody to be believable. ( ) This book is filled with such heartbreaking stories, but her work brings a happier ending to some of them. It takes a special person to do this job and she seems to excel at it. It was interesting to read how much the tv shows glamorize this job, and then the author telling the real job. Thankfully Emily Craig brings closure to many families. This excellent and well-written memoir tells about Dr. Craig's life as a forensic anthropologist. I found it absolutely fascinating, from her first career as a medical illustrator, to when she went back to school and studied at the famous "Body Farm", to the cases she saw as the state forensic anthropologist for Kentucky, to her work on disaster sites like the Twin Towers and the Oklahoma Federal Building. She is particularly adept at describing the difficulties of balancing her work as a scientist with her emotions and empathy for the victims of crime. There are some fairly graphic descriptions of her work, so if you have a weak stomach this may not be the book for you. However, if you're interested in crime-solving and/or anthropology, I highly recommend it. Four and a half stars. Great lady, great book. I am a Kentuckian, live near the state crime lab, and have a close friend who works at same said crime lab, so had a particular interest in this forensics book. I think Dr. Craig did an excellent job on this book, loved all her stories, but it ended too abruptly - needs a better closing to the book. Arrogant? Not in my estimation - if you want to see an arrogant anthropologist, read William Maples. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Teasing Secrets from the Dead is a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the most infamous sites in recent history. In this absorbing, surprising, and undeniably compelling book, forensics expert Emily Craig tells her own story of a life spent teasing secrets from the dead. Emily Craig has been a witness to history, helping to seek justice for thousands of murder victims, both famous and unknown. It's a personal story that you won't soon forget. Emily first became intrigued by forensics work when, as a respected medical illustrator, she was called in by the local police to create a model of a murder victim's face. Her fascination with that case led to a dramatic midlife career change: She would go back to school to become a forensic anthropologist--and one of the most respected and best-known "bone hunters" in the nation. As a student working with the FBI in Waco, Emily helped uncover definitive proof that many of the Branch Davidians had been shot to death before the fire, including their leader, David Koresh, whose bullet-pierced skull she reconstructed with her own hands. Upon graduation, Emily landed a prestigious full-time job as forensic anthropologist for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a state with an alarmingly high murder rate and thousands of square miles of rural backcountry, where bodies are dumped and discovered on a regular basis. But even with her work there, Emily has been regularly called to investigations across the country, including the site of the terrorist attack on the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, where a mysterious body part--a dismembered leg--was found at the scene and did not match any of the known victims. Through careful scientific analysis, Emily was able to help identify the leg's owner, a pivotal piece of evidence that helped convict Timothy McVeigh. In September 2001, Emily received a phone call summoning her to New York City, where she directed the night-shift triage at the World Trade Center's body identification site, collaborating with forensics experts from all over the country to collect and identify the remains of September 11 victims. From the biggest news stories of our time to stranger-than-true local mysteries, these are unforgettable stories from the case files of Emily Craig's remarkable career. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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