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No Bone Unturned: The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons
de Benedict, Jeff
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0060199237
- ISBN 13
- 9780060199234
- Librería
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Helena, Montana, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Harper, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First printing, very good + hardcover with touch of bumping to couple of corners and some other very light trace wear, in with some rubbing at edges and some other mild trace wear, in very good + jacket (price at flap) that shows some light shelf wear. 304 pages with a set of black & white plates. Remains an attractive copy of this "..fascinating look inside the world of forensic science as seen through the eyes of a leading specialist
Sinopsis
A curator for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Doug Owsley painstakingly rebuilds skeletons, helping to identify them and determine their cause of death. He has worked on several notorious cases -- from mass graves uncovered in Croatia to the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon -- and has examined historic skeletons tens of thousands of years old. But the discovery of Kennewick Man, a 9,600-year-old human skeleton found along the banks of Washington's Columbia River, was a find that would turn Owsley's life upside down.Days before Owsley was scheduled to study the skeleton, the government seized it to bury Kennewick Man's bones on the land of the Native American tribes who claimed him. Along with other leading scientists, Owsley sued the U.S. government over custody. Concerned that knowledge about our past and our history would be lost forever if the bones were reburied, Owsley fought a legal and political battle for six years, putting everything at risk, jeopardizing his career and his reputation.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Barker Books & Vintage
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 26939
- Título
- No Bone Unturned: The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons
- Autor
- Benedict, Jeff
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good DJ
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060199237
- ISBN 13
- 9780060199234
- Editorial
- Harper
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2003
- Palabras clave
- Antiques; Collectibles; Rare Books; Spokane, WA; Used Books; ; ;
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