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Reforming the World: The Creation of America's Moral Empire (America in the World, 4)
[Buy it!] | Tyrrell, Ian | USD 13.67
(Thu May 23 22:06:38 2024) | Abebooks | Open Books | ISBN10: 0691145210, ISBN13: 9780691145211, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010] |
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
[Buy it!] | Blum, Deborah | USD 16.20
(Thu May 23 22:06:46 2024) | Abebooks | Ergodebooks | ISBN10: 014311882X, ISBN13: 9780143118824, [publisher: Penguin Books] Softcover Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." -The New York ObserverThe Poisoners Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties. -Financial TimesReads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats tipping test tubes of mysterious chemicals into their own mouths. -NPR: What We're ReadingA fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.In 2014, PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on The Poisoner's Handbook.
[Houston, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2011] |
