Bibliograph

American Sherlock, remembering a forgotten pioneer in scientific crime investigation, Evan E. Filby

Type

Label

American Sherlock, remembering a forgotten pioneer in scientific crime investigation, Evan E. Filby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American Sherlock

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Evan E. Filby

Sub title

remembering a forgotten pioneer in scientific crime investigation

Summary

American Sherlock is the biography of pioneer criminologist Luke S. May and describes the role he played in the development of scientific methods of investigation

Table Of Contents

Introduction and acknowledgements -- Scientific detection -- A criminologist is born -- The early case-book of Luke May -- Moving to greener fields -- Centralia deaths spark career surge -- Education, innovation and more national renown -- Fame grows, at some cost -- Notoriety follows a lull -- Work and play -- Tool marks are the key -- Chicago calls -- Spreading the word -- Chief of detectives and criminologist -- Riding the crest -- War clouds gather -- Naval intelligence duty -- The game has changed -- Playing out the string -- Retrospective -- Appendix: cases overview -- Endnotes -- Bibliography

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