id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-24990 De Fazio, Diane Dias Megan Rosenbloom. Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020. 288p. Cloth, $26.00 (ISBN: 978-0-374-13470-9). 2021-06-04 2 .pdf application/pdf 1097 43 53 Though Dark Archives’ 12 chapters investigate book history, Rosenbloom’s bias shows through in digressions about Death Salons, goofy medical school 609 610 College & Research Libraries June 2021 students and the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy, and an entire chapter that focuses largely on tissue, body, and organ donation, viewed through the lens of the author’s personal experience. Of note are Rosenbloom’s summaries on capital punishment, cadaver obtainment, and 19th-century anatomy laws—it’s fascinating, but light on book history. cache/crl-24990.pdf txt/crl-24990.txt