By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
For more than half of my life, I lived in metropolitan cities, mainly Los Angeles, which through urban sprawl has became a continuous city all the way to San Diego. I was one of those sophiscated city boys who only saw a farmer as a hayseed in overalls.
That was before I [...]
By BILL DUNCAN
The Elder Statesman
True storytellers of this nation are few, yet they are a national treasure of Americana. We have just lost one.
J. Randolph Slocum, who practiced law in Roseburg for 30 years before he moved to his native Georgia some years ago. died at age on Nov. 22, 2010 in Atlanta. On [...]
The Poisoner’s Handbook
Murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York
By Deborah Blum
Penguin Press
Hardcover $25.95
By BILL DUNCAN
The News-Review
The title of this book sounds like a guidebook for Murder, Inc., but Pulitzer Prize winning science writer Deborah Blum has penned a non-fiction page-turner telling the story of forensic medicine’s role in crime solving. [...]
