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No Bone Unturned

The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons

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An edition of No Bone Unturned (2003)

No Bone Unturned

The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons

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When he's not at a notorious crime scene or a mass disaster, Doug Owsley is entering tombs and crypts, unwrapping mummies, or climbing into caves to unlock the secrets of bones. In No Bone Unturned, investigative journalist Jeff Benedict not only unveils a compelling portrait of the man behind America's most notorious cases but also gives us a fascinating look inside the world of forensic science as seen through the eyes of a leading specialist. Doug Owsley's extraordinary talent has put his phone number on speed dial for federal agencies, from the FBI to the CIA and the State Department. When the Branch Davidian compound in Waco caught fire, when a terrorist-flown plane crashed into the Pentagon, and when mass graves were uncovered in Croatia, the authorities called Owsley. Through cutting-edge science, instinctive artistry, and dogged tenacity, Owsley painstakingly rebuilds the skeleton, and helps identify it and determine the cause of death.

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HarperCollins
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English
Pages
320

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2007, HarperCollins
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No Bone Unturned
2007, HarperCollins Publishers
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No Bone Unturned
2007, HarperCollins Publishers
in English
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Cover of: No Bone Unturned
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No Bone Unturned: The Adventures of a Top Smithsonian Forensic Scientist and the Legal Battle for America's Oldest Skeletons
March 25, 2003, HarperCollins
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First Sentence

"Against a backdrop of Gothic columns and massive granite walls, an elephant-size ivory statue of a brontosaurus stood erect in front of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History."

Classifications

Library of Congress
CC79.5.H85, E78.W3 B45 2003, KF8210.A57 B46 2003

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7276013M
Internet Archive
noboneunturned00jeff
ISBN 10
0060199237
ISBN 13
9780060199234
LCCN
2003284048
OCLC/WorldCat
51881442
Library Thing
362178
Goodreads
695785

Work Description

A curator for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Doug Owsley painstakingly rebuilds skeletons, helping to identify them and determine their cause of death. He has worked on several notorious cases -- from mass graves uncovered in Croatia to the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon -- and has examined historic skeletons tens of thousands of years old. But the discovery of Kennewick Man, a 9,600-year-old human skeleton found along the banks of Washington's Columbia River, was a find that would turn Owsley's life upside down.Days before Owsley was scheduled to study the skeleton, the government seized it to bury Kennewick Man's bones on the land of the Native American tribes who claimed him. Along with other leading scientists, Owsley sued the U.S. government over custody. Concerned that knowledge about our past and our history would be lost forever if the bones were reburied, Owsley fought a legal and political battle for six years, putting everything at risk, jeopardizing his career and his reputation.

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