Death's Acre
Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
Jon Jefferson ; Dr. Bill Bass
- “Fans
- of
- the
- forensics-oriented
- novels
- of
- such
- mystery
- writers
- as
- Kathy
- Reichs
- and
- Patricia
- Cornwell...not
- to
- mention
- television
- series
- like
- CSI:
- Crime
- Scene
- Investigation,
- will
- make
- an
- eager
- audience
- for
- this
- one.”—BooklistOn
- a
- patch
- of
- land
- in
- the
- Tennessee
- hills,
- human
- corpses
- decompose
- in
- the
- open
- air,
- aided
- by
- insects,
- bacteria,
- and
- birds,
- unhindered
- by
- coffins
- or
- mausoleums.
- This
- is
- Bill
- Bass’s
- “Body
- Farm,”
- where
- nature
- takes
- its
- course
- as
- bodies
- buried
- in
- shallow
- graves,
- submerged
- in
- water,
- or
- locked
- in
- car
- trunks
- serve
- the
- needs
- of
- science
- and
- the
- cause
- of
- justice.In
- Death’s
- Acre,
- Bass
- invites
- readers
- on
- an
- unprecedented
- journey
- behind
- the
- gates
- of
- the
- Body
- Farm
- where
- he
- revolutionized
- forensic
- anthropology.
- A
- master
- scientist
- and
- an
- engaging
- storyteller,
- Bass
- reveals
- his
- most
- intriguing
- cases
- for
- the
- first
- time.
- He
- revisits
- the
- Lindbergh
- kidnapping
- and
- murder,
- explores
- the
- mystery
- of
- a
- headless
- corpse
- whose
- identity
- astonished
- police,
- divulges
- how
- the
- telltale
- traces
- of
- an
- insect
- sent
- a
- murderous
- grandfather
- to
- death
- row—and
- much
- more.INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS
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