Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist - Hardcover

Maples, William R.; Browning, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385474903 ISBN 13: 9780385474900

Publisher: Doubleday, 1994

Synopsis

A renowned bone scientist recounts his strangest and most horrifying investigations--from baffling cases of dismemberment to the remains of the family of Czar Nicholas II to traces of Vietnam MIAs--and describes his satisfaction in bringing killers to justice.

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Review:

‘A Masterpiece’ -- Patricia Cornwell

‘An excellent book’ -- Kathy Reichs

‘An incredible story, brilliantly told. Maples takes us safely through the valley of shadows and death. Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a masterpiece’ -- Patricia Cornwall

‘He’s not just another clever forensic detective – he’s a poet, a philosopher, and a sly commentator on the fractured human condition’ -- Carl Hiaasen

‘Maples and Browning could have written a dry, clinical analysis of forensic anthropology; instead they tell tales better than the dead could for themselves’ -- New York Time Book Review

About the Author:

William R. Maples was born in Dallas in 1937 and became a pioneer in the field of Forensic Anthropology. He earned respect internationally for his study of human skeletal material, and provided expertise in the identification of personnel missing or killed in action during WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict. Shortly before being diagnosed with brain cancer in 1995, he supervised a team of scientists that identified the remains of the last Russian monarch, Czar Nicholas II, and his family. He died in 1997. Michael Browning is Southwest regional correspondent for the Miami Herald and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0385474903
• ISBN 13: 9780385474900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4