The Anatomy of Deception - Lawrence Goldstone [145]
I queried any number of others. Christine Crawford-Oppenheimer at the Culinary Institute of America provided some terrific old menus and background on social mores of the period. Robert Eskind at the Philadelphia Bureau of Prisons filled me in on police procedures for the newly arrested. Beth Bensman at the Presbyterian Historical Society was an excellent resource on Philadelphia history, as was her husband, Martin Levitt, librarian at the American Philosophical Society. Toby Appel, head librarian at the Harvey Cushing/ John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale, unearthed some wonderful material, particularly Dr. Osler’s autopsy notes. John Rees, curator of archives and modern manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine directed me to some fascinating sources, including the Tiemann & Co.’s 1880s catalog.
On the editorial side, this book could not have been written without the indefatigable and insightful attention of my agent, Jennifer Joel. I simply have never experienced or heard of an agent who took more care with a manuscript. I am also indebted to Jenn for directing my manuscript to my editor, Kate Miciak. Kate’s vision for the book matched my own and she was patient, tireless, and thoroughly professional in nudging a sometimes reluctant author to continue to make the book better.
Finally, I want to thank my wife, Nancy, and my daughter, Emily. Each read the manuscript (in Nancy’s case, more than once) and was helpful and wise in her suggestions. But mostly I want to thank them for their tolerance, understanding, forbearance … and endurance. Living with me requires each of those traits and in some magnitude, and I am lucky to have them both.
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The anatomy of deception / Lawrence Goldstone.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Other Books by this Author
Title Page
Dedication
March 14, 1889
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Copyright