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- Author: Alan Lewis
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2015
- Pages: 374
- ISBN-10: 1511851627
- ISBN-13: 9781511851626
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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The late 19th century was the golden age of scientific quackery, and the American West was its motherlode. Daniel Spurlock, a mentally troubled Texas orphan, turns to phrenology for clues to his brain's mysteries. His phrenological skill leads to a lucrative practice, and his discovery of the "murder organ" - the part of the human brain that instills both a predilection and a talent for homicide - brings him to the forefront of the emerging field of forensic science. But an ill-considered marriage proposal to his invaluable assistant, a disastrous pilgrimage to the Italian castle of a reckless brain surgeon, and phrenology's waning popularity shatter his carefully nurtured equilibrium and reduce him to private detective work. Called to Chicago to assist in a sensational murder trial, Spurlock comes face to face with the limits of science and reason, and the hard truths of fickle love and frontier justice.
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- Author: Alan Lewis
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Year: 2015
- Pages: 374
- ISBN-10: 1511851627
- ISBN-13: 9781511851626
- Format: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
The late 19th century was the golden age of scientific quackery, and the American West was its motherlode. Daniel Spurlock, a mentally troubled Texas orphan, turns to phrenology for clues to his brain's mysteries. His phrenological skill leads to a lucrative practice, and his discovery of the "murder organ" - the part of the human brain that instills both a predilection and a talent for homicide - brings him to the forefront of the emerging field of forensic science. But an ill-considered marriage proposal to his invaluable assistant, a disastrous pilgrimage to the Italian castle of a reckless brain surgeon, and phrenology's waning popularity shatter his carefully nurtured equilibrium and reduce him to private detective work. Called to Chicago to assist in a sensational murder trial, Spurlock comes face to face with the limits of science and reason, and the hard truths of fickle love and frontier justice.
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