Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist [Paperback]

‘An incredible story, brilliantly told. Maples takes us safely through the valley of shadows and death. Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a masterpiece’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

‘A Masterpiece’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

‘Maples and Browning could have written a dry, clinical analysis of forensic anthropology; instead they tell tales better than the dead could for themselves’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

‘An excellent book’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

‘He’s not just another clever forensic detective – he’s a poet, a philosopher, and a sly commentator on the fractured human condition’ --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer.  In Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Dr. Maples revisits his strangest, most interesting, and most horrific investigations, from the baffling cases of conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Vietnam MIAs to the mysterious deaths of President Zachary Taylor and the family of Czar Nicholas II.

William R. Maples was born in Dallas in 1937 and became a pioneer in the field of Forensic Anthropology. He earned respect internationally for his study of human skeletal material, and provided expertise in the identification of personnel missing or killed in action during WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam conflict. Shortly before being diagnosed with brain cancer in 1995, he supervised a team of scientists that identified the remains of the last Russian monarch, Czar Nicholas II, and his family. He died in 1997. Michael Browning is Southwest regional correspondent for the Miami Herald and lives in Tallahassee, Florida. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.