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Author:

Wagner, E. J.

Title:

The science of Sherlock Holmes : from Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the real forensics behind the great detective's greatest cases / E.J. Wagner.

Publisher:

Wiley,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xii, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Forensic sciences--History.
Criminal investigation--History.
Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-234) and index.

Contents:

Dialogue with the dead -- Beastly tales and black dogs -- A fly in the ointment -- Proving poison -- Disguise and the detective -- The crime scene by gaslight -- A picture of guilt -- Shots in the dark -- Bad impressions -- The real dirt -- Notes from the devil -- A voice in the blood -- Myth, medicine, and murder.

ISBN:

0471648795
9780471648796
9780471648796 (cloth)
0471648795 (cloth)

LCCN:

2005022236

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)