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Mary H. Manhein : The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist

Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisana, 1999

ISBN 9780807124048

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AJ5 - A 2nd printing hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Mary H. Manhein to previous owner on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and crease on the edges and corners, scattered rubbing, scratches and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.25"x6.25", 137 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. "On the first day of the search, I failed to find the body." So writes forensic anthropologist and bioarchaeologist Mary H. Manhein - or "the bone lady," as law enforcement personnel call her. In this, one of dozens of stories recollected in her powerful memoir, Manhein and the state police eventually unearth a black plastic bag buried in the banks of the Mississippi River containing the body of a man who has been missing for five years. After the painstaking process of examining the remains, confirming the victim's identity, and preparing a formal report for the police, Manhein testifies for the prosecution at the murder trial. The defendant is convicted (in no small part because of Manhein), and "the bone lady" has helped solve yet another mystery. As director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University, Manhein unravels mysteries of life and death every day. In The Bone Lady, she shares, with the compassion and humor of a born storyteller, many fascinating cases that include the science underlying her analyses as well as the human stories behind the remains. Manhein, an expert on the human skeleton, assists law enforcement by providing profiles of remains that narrow the identification process when the traditional means used by medical examiners or coroners to conduct autopsies are no longer applicable - simply put, when bones are all that are left to tell the story. She assesses age, sex, race, height, signs of trauma, and time since death, and creates clay facial reconstructions. Although Manhein enjoys solving high-profile cases, her personal crusade is identifying the John and Jane Does who wait in her lab. Manhein's own words perfectly characterize her mission: "Identifying a victim can bring peace of mind to the family and can help them to go on with their lives. Sometimes, peace of mind is the only gift that I can give.". Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

2nd Printing
Signed by Author

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