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Event Details
Smithfield Critics Book Discussion Group
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
12:00 PM
- 1:00 PM
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum.
Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum gives a compelling account of the birth of forensic science focusing on poisons, which were often undetectable by the medical standards and practices of the 1920s. Battling widespread corruption and ignorance regarding poisons and their effects, Dr. Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler worked together to further the science of forensics. With each chapter focusing on a different murder by poisoning, The Poisoner's Handbook is a gruesome, yet fascinating look into true crime.
Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum gives a compelling account of the birth of forensic science focusing on poisons, which were often undetectable by the medical standards and practices of the 1920s. Battling widespread corruption and ignorance regarding poisons and their effects, Dr. Charles Norris and Alexander Gettler worked together to further the science of forensics. With each chapter focusing on a different murder by poisoning, The Poisoner's Handbook is a gruesome, yet fascinating look into true crime.
Event web site: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/downtown/
Event fee: Free
Refreshments are provided.
Contact:
412-281-7141
downtown@carnegielibrary.org
