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18 Tiny Deaths
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics | Bruce Goldfarb
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Nebklvr
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The promotion of medical examiners across America was instituted by a wealthy woman in the early 1900s who bankrolled Harvard to set up classes designed to teach the importance of a systematic and educated way of viewing criminal death. This was incredibly interesting! A bit much on her early years but Ms Lee‘s fascination with forensic education and her drive was inspiring.

kspenmoll Sounds fascinating! 1y
Nebklvr @kspenmoll Yes!! Once it gets to her adulthood, it was amazing! 1y
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Cazxxx
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I‘m not sure why the different book title but it‘s definitely the same book. This was absolutely fascinating when it got to the point but there was a lot of unnecessary info about other people/things which seemed irrelevant
Still a pick though as it was so interesting to hear the story of such a successful woman

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Sharpeipup
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CSI origin story ☠️💀

#weekendreading #blameitonlitsy #audiobook

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Aims42
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A fascinating biography of Frances Glessner Lee (the woman who never gave up her dream of advancing the field of Legal Medicine to create our modern forensics systems). As someone who faints at the sight of blood & gore, I will admit I had to skim some paragraphs detailing autopsies, but I was fascinated by this woman‘s drive and determination that I couldn‘t put this book down. A riveting read for sure!

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Aims42
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It‘s so awesome to work for a company in an industry I actually have a passion for! While the health insurance and work from home flexibility my company provides is great and VERY appreciated, the quarterly employee book sale is AWESOME!! #GoingToNeedMoreShelves #bookwormproblems

Jinjer 😮😮😮 3y
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BookishMarginalia
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Half of my latest #libraryhaul 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Amiable My husband and I visited the Glessner house in Chicago in April —I was fascinated with the story of how Frances got into forensics! I want to track this book down, too. (edited) 3y
AlaMich @Amiable I live in Chicago and I have never heard of the Glessner family or their house! But now it goes on my list of local places to visit. 3y
Amiable @AlaMich My husband grew up just outside of Chicago and my in-laws live in the city now, so every time we visit them they try to find something unusual or different for us to see! This last time was the Glessner house. 😀 3y
AlaMich @Amiable Have you been to the Driehaus Museum? If not you should really check it out. https://driehausmuseum.org/ 3y
Amiable @AlaMich No! I‘ll have to mention this to my FIL for our next trip out. The last time we went (before this past April when we did the Glessner house) he took us to the Cantigny Mansion, the former home of Robert McCormick of the Chicago Tribune. That was a neat tour, too. (edited) 3y
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Bathilda

Reading this right now. Love the dollhouse descriptions and the history of forensics. My interest flags when it's just about Glessner's young life of wealth. But things are picking up now because of George Burgess Magrath. Man should have a miniseries or crime show about him. Fascinating.

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singsweetseraphim
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This book is a mess, tediously pointless, and misses the mark completely. Less is told about Frances Glessner Lee and more about everything around her. I stopped at the 2 hour mark in the audiobook because I‘m literally hearing a huge chunk of text that was already mentioned before, word for word, and I know I‘m not crazy. It‘s unfortunate because the Nutshell Dioramas are so fascinating!!! I just wish it was organized better.

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bio_chem06
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Holy moly! This book was amazing and I‘m so glad I spent my entire Thanksgiving day reading it. It‘s been a long time since I finished a book in one day & I‘m happy it was this one that pushed me. Such great history and info.

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Hooked_on_books
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Frances Glessner Lee contributed enormously to the development of forensic science and medicine in the US through her tenacity, determination, and financial support of training programs. While the title implies this book is about the miniatures she created for teaching purposes, it‘s really a straight biography. I was looking for more about the models, but she was such an awesome broad that I don‘t mind.

bio_chem06 Oh I‘m excited to read this! 4y
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Jeg
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A book I would not normally read but it came into the house and I‘m fascinated by miniatures. I learnt so much reading this book. Frances Glessner Lee was an amazing woman and this tells her story and how she changed the face of homicide investigation. Another woman hidden in history. #2020joybooks
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rabbitprincess
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A really interesting book about the woman who helped get forensic science off the ground in the United States.

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rabbitprincess
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« Lee shared a proposal she had written, titled ‘Skeleton Plan for Department of Legal Medicine‘. »

SKELETON PLAN arr arr arr ??

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Lel2403
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Captain Lee became pivotal in forensic science and used her dioramas of crime scenes to teach others. These dioramas were exact replicas of actual crime scenes, from wallpaper, carpets, plates and even blood spatter. They were used extensively in training. They have also influenced TV shows such as CSI, in the Miniature Killer episodes, which uses crime scene dioramas very similar to Captain Lee‘s.

An incredible and compelling read.

erzascarletbookgasm Sounds good! 5y
OutsmartYourShelf I‘m actually rewatching that season of CSI now. The book looks fascinating. 5y
Lel2403 @OutsmartYourShelf it really is. I‘d not heard of Captain Lee before, a formidable woman 5y
she.hearts.horror I regret not seeing her dioramas when they were on display at the Renwick Gallery a few years ago. I look forward to reading this! I love criminology. 5y
Lel2403 @she.epeolatry Thankyou...it‘s such an interesting read.... 5y
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Jen2
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Interesting!

Gina You might be interested in this book as well... 5y
Crazeedi Hmmm I think I would like... 5y
Jen2 That looks great! 5y
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DreesReads
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The title of this book is not entirely correct. This is a biography of Frances Glessner Lee more than the story of modern forensics. She was an heiress, not a scientist or doctor, who used her money, connections, and time to introduce the ME/forensics system to the US. Interesting and I learned a lot, though it wasn‘t what I expected. #netgalley #nonfiction #history

Texreader Great review 5y
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thereadingowlvina
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If forensic science is your thing, then you must read this book! It tells the story of Frances Glessner Lee, who revolutionize the legal medicine or forensic science we have today!

Rating: 4.75⭐

For my full review please visit https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3027214928?book_show_action=false&from_rev...

Pub. Date: Feb 4, 2020

#NetGalley

LoverOfLearning Definitely going on my TBR 5y
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Mitch
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It's a brilliant historical plotting of Lees involvement in developing forensic science as a profession. She's a determined woman, with no college education, but with sufficient wealth and connection to make organisations and institutions listen and take action. What was missing in this history is emotion - it felt cold and clinical and more a chronology of fact than an exploration of a woman's life.

Crazeedi Very interesting! 5y
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Mitch
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Reading in the periodical rooms today. Their leather sofas (of which there are 10!) are mega comfy!

Mrs_B That looks the perfect place to read! 5y
Mitch @Mrs_B it has a strict silence rule - which is sooo nice! 5y
Mrs_B Those sofas look super comfy too. 5y
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Deifio Looks like heaven to me! 😍 5y
Hooked_on_books What a marvelous place! 😍 5y
diovival Ooooo 5y
Books88 ALL. THE. BOOKS 🤩🤩🤩🤩 5y
wanderinglynn 😍😍😍 5y
ShardaeP It looks really relaxing 👍🏾 5y
Freespirit Lovely space❤️ 5y
Soubhiville So inviting! 5y
Fulcrum Looks lovely! And all those books!🤩 5y
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Mitch
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We‘ve had a plumber in all day today fitting new radiators- house now back to normal, the evening is mine. 👍🏼

Suet624 Phew. 5y
charl08 Love that bookmark! 5y
Mitch @Suet624 phew indeed! 5y
Mitch @charl08 I occasionally have to strategically leave it so Mr K can catch sight of it! 5y
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Mitch
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I ❤️ the journey books take you on:-
1- Bought this book on holiday in Waco... loved it & discovered her podcast.
2- On that podcast I heard an interview with this author. Read her book & learnt about Ms Lee.
3- Which lead me to the photobook of Lee‘s work as I‘d missed the exhibition!
4- After looking at the nutshell studies I was intrigued by their creator - which led me to my current read!

How did you find your current read?

Ruthiella What a great reading path! If the books I read connect it‘s typically unintentional but I do love it when it happens! 5y
Mitch @Ruthiella Me too - im a real mood reader so tend to jump around a bit..... but this thread got me hooked! 5y
AmyG I have gone on a jag on a certain topic but this looks great. One of my jags was women who kill their children...is the “tiny deaths” book about that? (There is no summary when I click on the book) (edited) 5y
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LeahBergen I will quite often read a biography of a person after reading about them in a work of historical fiction (and then find out about OTHER interesting people and .... so on! 😆) 5y
Mitch @AmyG it‘s about this woman who built mini dioramas of crime scenes full of perfect details. The dioramas were created to train law enforcement to read crime scenes. 5y
Mitch @LeahBergen love that 👍🏼 5y
AmyG Oh wow. Thanks. Never would have guessed that. 5y
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Mitch
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Digging in to a new book tonight - been excited to read this since reading all about the Nutshell Studies in Savage Appetite. 🤞🏼

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Meg4n6
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Pretty excited about today‘s haul. Especially the book about Frances Glessner Lee and her tiny crime scenes which I saw in real life on display in DC.