POISON!

 a presentation by Deborah Blum,

Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of

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

Saturday, June 5, 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore

7419 W. Madison

Forest Park IL 60130

708-771-7243 www.centuriesandsleuths.com

 Pulitzer Prize winner Deborah Blum is a professor of science journalism at the University of Wisconsin. She worked as a newspaper science writer for twenty years, winning the Pulitzer in 1992 for her writing about primate research, which she turned into a book, The Monkey Wars (Oxford, 1994). Her most recent book,follows New York City's first forensic scientists to discover a fascinating Jazz Age story of chemistry and detection, poison and murder. In The Poisoner's Handbook she explores the pioneering work of two unheralded scientists who paved the way for modern forensic detectives. Her website is  http://www.deborahblum.com , blog at http://blog.deborahblum.com/ 

 

JULY

  FIELD TRIP  to the Lake County IL Morgue

Facilities tour & presentation

by Deputy Coroner Tammy M. Williams

 

Saturday, July 17, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Offices/Morgue of the Lake County Coroner

26 N. Martin L. King Jr. Ave
Waukegan, IL 60085-4351

 

This event is free to all SinCC members but requires advance registration. Space is limited, so please e-mail our coordinator, Irene Reed, irene_m_reed@hotmail.com  if you plan to attend.