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Faces from the past : forgotten people of North America / by James M. Deem.

Author/creator Deem, James M.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ©2012.
Description154 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- The man from Spirit Cave -- Making faces from the past -- Forgotten people of North America -- Amoroleck's ancestors (circa 1000-1400) -- A stranded sailor from France (1686) -- Pearl from Colonial New York (1742) -- The forgotten burying ground at Schuyler Flatts (circa 1750-1790) -- A Mexican soldier from San Jacinto (1836) -- The people of the almshouse cemetery (1826-1926) -- Thomas Smith, buffalo soldier (1865) -- Six Chinese miners from Wyoming (circa 1881) -- Afterword.
Abstract Combining sensitivity and solid scientific style, Deem reveals the history of the science of facial reconstruction, as well as the forgotten lives and the faces of the dead, to contemporary generations so that at last their stories can be told.
Local noteLittle-305131062051R
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 150) and index.
LCCN 2012006819
ISBN9780547370248
ISBN0547370245

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