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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death | Frances Glessner Lee
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The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death offers readers an extraordinary glimpse into the mind of a master criminal investigator. Frances Glessner Lee, a wealthy grandmother, founded the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard in 1936 and was later appointed captain in the New Hampshire police. In the 1940s and 1950s she built dollhouse crime scenes based on real cases in order to train detectives to assess visual evidence. Still used in forensic training today, the eighteen Nutshell dioramas, on a scale of 1:12, display an astounding level of detail: pencils write, window shades move, whistles blow, and clues to the crimes are revealed to those who study the scenes carefully. Corinne May Botz's lush color photographs lure viewers into every crevice of Frances Lee's models and breathe life into these deadly miniatures, which present the dark side of domestic life, unveiling tales of prostitution, alcoholism, and adultery. The accompanying line drawings, specially prepared for this volume, highlight the noteworthy forensic evidence in each case. Botz's introductory essay, which draws on archival research and interviews with Lee's family and police colleagues, presents a captivating portrait of Lee.
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Mitch
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This book is an intricate look at the 19 surviving dollhouse style dioramas that Frances Glessner Lee created to support law enforcement and medical examiners understand, detect and solve crime.

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Gina
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This is a tuff choice but I think I gotta go the the top book...

What in the WORLD is this ebay person thinking?!?!?

BookNAround Yeah, even if one of the zeros was a mistake, that book should be gold plated to cost that much compared to its fellows. 5y
Gina @BookNAround I looked on the site. That book is signed by the author but she is under the impression it is out of print and hard to find. I guess she didn't do a Google search...😁 5y
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Gina
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For those of you who are true crime fans I urge you to read about the lady who essentially pioneered CSI...

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Conservio
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I have a friend that‘s a big #truecrime #nerd and this is her birthday #present

This is about Frances Glessner Lee, an important historical figure in forensics. One of the things she did was create miniature #dollhouses of real life crime scenes that hadn‘t been solved. This helped train detectives and others to help identify evidence and examine crime scenes. #history #femalerolemodels

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A couple weeks ago, I read a National Geographic article about Frances Glessner Lee & her dollhouse murders & became immediately obsessed. They're creepy, kooky, mysterious, & spooky--& also a testament to one woman's absolute refusal to be shuffled away into the prim & proper roles reserved for her. Glessner Lee is my new hero.