Witnesses from the Grave: The Stories Bones Tell - Hardcover

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Recounts the leading forensic scientist's, examination of the skull of Josef Mengele, his discovery of new evidence about Custer's last stand, and other adventures in forensic anthropology

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quot;Sherlock Holmes of bones," Clyde Snow is a forensic anthropologist who solves murders with a tape measure and calipers. He has participated in some of the most sensational investigations of recent years, and WITNESSES FROM THE GRAVE is his engaging, engrossing story.

It was Clyde Snow who traveled to Brazil to examine the skeletal remains of the infamous and elusive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele. Snow also discovered intriguing new evidence about what lies beneath the battleground of Custer's Last Stand at Little Bighorn. He identified the victims of Illinois serial killer John Wayne Gacy, and he was the driving force in the tireless search for "the disappeared" from Argentina's "dirty war" of the 1970s.

More than an expertly spun scientific and political thriller, WITNESSES FROM THE GRAVE is a book of vital importance to anyone concerned with the issues of human rights, criminal justice, and the accuracy of our historical memory.

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Forensic anthropology is a relatively new science of identifying the nameless dead solely on the basis of their bones. Tracing the career of one of the field's foremost practitioners, Texan Clyde Snow, Joyce, an editor of New Scientist , and Stover, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, here present a history of the discipline and explain its techniques. Among Snow's cases are those of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who reportedly drowned in Brazil; General Custer, whose remains were supposedly transferred to West Point but are probably still in Montana, according to the authors; and many of the "disappeared" murdered by the military regimes in Argentina. Those interested in archeology, anthropology, the history of science and criminal investigation will find this study of the "archivists of death" vastly interesting and awe-inspiring. Photos not seen by PW.
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  • PublisherLittle Brown & Co
  • Publication date1991
  • ISBN 10 0316473995
  • ISBN 13 9780316473996
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages333
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