{"product_id":"american-sherlock-murder-forensics-and-the-birth-of-american-csi-paperback","title":"American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American Csi - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Winkler Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping historical true crime narrative that \"reads like the best of Conan Doyle himself\" (Karen Abbott, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of Eden Park\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sherlock\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the riveting true story of the birth of modern criminal investigation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBerkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities--beakers, microscopes, Bunsen burners, and hundreds upon hundreds of books--sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least two thousand cases in his forty-year career. Known as the \"American Sherlock Holmes,\" Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's greatest--and first--forensic scientists, with an uncanny knack for finding clues, establishing evidence, and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeinrich was one of the nation's first expert witnesses, working in a time when the turmoil of Prohibition led to sensationalized crime reporting and only a small, systematic study of evidence. However with his brilliance, and commanding presence in both the courtroom and at crime scenes, Heinrich spearheaded the invention of a myriad of new forensic tools that police still use today, including blood spatter analysis, ballistics, lie-detector tests, and the use of fingerprints as courtroom evidence. His work, though not without its serious--some would say fatal--flaws, changed the course of American criminal investigation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on years of research and thousands of never-before-published primary source materials, American Sherlock captures the life of the man who pioneered the science our legal system now relies upon--as well as the limits of those techniques and the very human experts who wield them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Winkler Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e is a seasoned documentary producer whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWCBS News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eABC News Radio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNightline\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the host of Tenfold More Wicked, a historical true crime podcast on the Exactly Right network. Her first book was \u003ci\u003eDeath in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethe Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City\u003c\/i\u003e. She teaches journalism at The University of Texas at Austin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51994584645933,"sku":"9780525539568","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Z1lmckxoUGxldG16QWtuczBwOHdHdz09.webp?v=1776361802","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/american-sherlock-murder-forensics-and-the-birth-of-american-csi-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}