Trail of Bones

More Cases from the Files of a Forensic Anthropologist

Mary H. Manhein

$29.95 $26.95

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Louisiana State University Press
31 October 2024

Biography: general; Anthropology; Crime & criminology; Forensic medicine

A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on

the human skeleton, Mary H. Manhein assists law enforcement officials

across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases. In Trail of Bones, her much-anticipated sequel to The Bone Lady, Manhein

reveals the everyday realities of forensic anthropology. Going beyond

the stereotypes portrayed on television, this real-life crime scene

investigator unveils a gritty, exhausting, exacting, alternately

rewarding and frustrating world where teamwork supersedes individual

heroics and some cases unfortunately remain unsolved.

A natural storyteller, Manhein provides gripping accounts of dozens of

cases from her twenty-four-year career. Some of them are famous. She

describes her involvement in the hunt for two serial killers who

simultaneously terrorized the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, region for years;

her efforts to recover the remains of the seven astronauts killed in

the Columbia space shuttle crash in 2003; and her ultimately

successful struggle to identify the beheaded toddler known for years as

Precious Doe. Less well-known but equally compelling are cases involving

the remains of a Korean War soldier buried for more than forty years

and the mystery of ""Mardi Gras Man,"" who was wearing a string of plastic

beads when his body was discovered.

Manhein describes how the increased popularity of tattoos has aided her

work and how forensic science has labored to expose frauds—including a

fake ""big foot"" track she examined from Louisiana's Kisatchie National

Forest. She also shares ambitious plans to create a database of

biological and DNA profiles of all of the state's missing and

unidentified persons.

Possessing both compassion and tenacity, Mary Manhein has an extraordinary gift for telling a life story through bones. Trail of Bones takes

readers on an entertaining and educating walk in the shoes of this

remarkable scientist who has dedicated her life to providing justice for

those no longer able to speak for themselves.

By: Mary H. Manhein
Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9780807183809
ISBN 10: 0807183806
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 31 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary H. Manhein is the author of The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist and Bone Remains: Cold Cases in Forensic Anthropology. The former director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) Laboratory at Louisiana State University, she lives in Baton Rouge with her husband.