The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Blum, Deborah
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Blum, Deborah

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story...
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The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Blum, Deborah

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

$40.78
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Blum, Deborah

The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

$40.78
Author: Deborah Blum
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." --The New York Observer

"The Poisoner's Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties." --Financial Times

"Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats tipping test tubes of mysterious chemicals into their own mouths." --NPR: What We're Reading

A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.

In 2014, PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on The Poisoner's Handbook.

Author: Deborah Blum
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 01/25/2011
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.56w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780143118824
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 01/21/2011 pg. 78
New York Times Book Review 01/30/2011 pg. 24

About the Author
Deborah Blum is director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT, and editor of Undark magazine, (undark.org). In 1992, she won the Pulitzer Prize for a series on primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars. Her other books include The Poisoner's Handbook, Ghost Hunters, Love at Goon Park, and Sex on the Brain. She has written for publications including The New York Times, Wired, Time, Discover, Mother Jones, The Guardian and The Boston Globe. Blum is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a lifetime associate of the National Academy of Sciences.
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