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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York Paperback - 2011
by Blum, Deborah
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A beguiling concoction--equal parts true crime, 20th-century history, and science thriller--"The Poisoner's Handbook" is a fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison, and murder, and the birth of forensic medicine.
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- Title The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
- Author Blum, Deborah
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York, New York
- Date 01/25/2011
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9780143118824
- ISBN 9780143118824 / 014311882X
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 5.56 x 0.73 in (21.54 x 14.12 x 1.85 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1190
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Library of Congress subjects Poisoning - New York (State) - History, Forensic toxicology - New York (State) -
- Dewey Decimal Code 614.130
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Summary
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 Observer)
A 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.
A 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.
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- Entertainment Weekly, 01/21/2011, Page 78
- New York Times Book Review, 01/30/2011, Page 24