A conversation around the book "18 Tiny Deaths" [18 ZBRODNI W MINIATURZE]
15-05-2023You are cordially invited to a discussion around the book by Bruce Goldfarb
18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics [18 zbrodni w miniaturze. Nieznana historia Frances Glessner Lee i początków współczesnej kryminalistyki]
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Participating in the conversation will be:
Iwona Sadecka, former media and cultural affairs advisor at the US Consulate in Krakowi
prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kłys, Jagiellonian University
Moderated by Małgorzata Bugaj, RMF Classic
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15.05.2023, at 18.00
Klub Dziennikarzy "Pod Gruszką", ul. Szczepańska 1, 31-011 Kraków
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18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics [18 zbrodni w miniaturze. Nieznana historia Frances Glessner Lee i początków współczesnej kryminalistyki]
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Participating in the conversation will be:
Iwona Sadecka, former media and cultural affairs advisor at the US Consulate in Krakowi
prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Kłys, Jagiellonian University
Moderated by Małgorzata Bugaj, RMF Classic
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15.05.2023, at 18.00
Klub Dziennikarzy "Pod Gruszką", ul. Szczepańska 1, 31-011 Kraków
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Book description
A captivating blend of history, women in science, and true crime, 18 Tiny Deaths tells the story of how one woman changed the face of forensics forever.
Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity.
Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes, and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dollhouses that appear charming―until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, or a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies―splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs―clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins.
18 Tiny Deaths, by official biographer Bruce Goldfarb, delves into Lee's journey from grandmother without a college degree to leading the scientific investigation of unexpected death out of the dark confines of centuries-old techniques and into the light of the modern day.
Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity.
Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes, and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dollhouses that appear charming―until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, or a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies―splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs―clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins.
18 Tiny Deaths, by official biographer Bruce Goldfarb, delves into Lee's journey from grandmother without a college degree to leading the scientific investigation of unexpected death out of the dark confines of centuries-old techniques and into the light of the modern day.
