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BASS, BILL and JEFFERSON, JON: : Death's Acre - INSIDE THE LEGENDARY 'BODY FARM'

LONDON.TIME WARNER BOOKS (UK),2004.

ISBN 0316725277.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Not indicated as a reprint or a subsequent impression - merely states first published 2003,by same publisher as this edition,but in 2004.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/j.Bright,clean, matt,wrap-around colour scenic photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Top+fore-edges minimally aged,but bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright,clean,original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,red ink blocked letters to spine/backstrip,sharp corners and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus,vii-xvpp+1-299pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,a Contents list/table, Patricia Cornwell Foreword (book's title was also the title of her 5th Dr Kay Scarpetta novel),20 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs between pp142/3,Appendices (2),an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks to rear. In 1981 Dr William Bass founded the Antropology Research Facility at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.It was the first,and remains the only,institution in the world dedicated to research into the timing of post-mortem human decomposition.It quickly acquired the nickname 'the body Farm' - phrase given international recognition after Dr Bass assisted Patricia Cornwell with her forensic research and she used the sobriquet as the title for the 5th Dr Kay Scarpetta novel.The notion that knowledge was desperately needed about the minutiae of how our bodies decay after death struck Dr Bass in the early 1960's when he was asked if he could estimate the interval since a dead cow had been killed by cattle rustlers:he had to reply that there was no known scientific method of establishing that fact. The seed remained in his mind and began to take firmer root in 1977 while he was examining some human remains that appeared to be only a few months old,when in fact the time since death was more than a century.This episode spawned the Body Farm; in the decades since,the research facility and its founder have revolutionised forensic science and have successfully helped to prosecute hundreds of criminals. Besides detailing the meticulous work on the Body Farm - the study of the effects of humidity,temperature,clothing and shelter on bone and flesh,and how insects and bacteria leave a now easily interpreted trail - and describing how numerous killers were brought to justice through Dr Bass's work. 'Death's Acre' also offers a fascinating and intriguing chronicle of a visionary scientist who has inspired his peers and who has helped shape the art of forensic investigation into the remarkable science it is today. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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