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Allan Pinkerton
Around the world, his name is synonymous with security and protection. The legendary agency he began nearly one hundred and fifty years ago is still in operation today, as are many of the surveillance and infiltration techniques he originated. His company's trademark symbol, a large, unblinking eye, inspired the term private eye.
As befits a man who spent so much of his life working behind the scenes, Allan...
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The founder of the United States's most famous detective agency was a fiery political radical in his native Scotland before immigrating to America in 1842. The genius for organization and attention to detail that he displayed as a rebel stood Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) in good stead as he shaped a national organization capable of pursuing criminals across state lines at a time when there was no federal law enforcement. Vividly...
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Beginning with his early days in Scotland as a member of the radical chartists, this book covers the legend's days as a detective for the Chicago police force and his founding of the Northwest Detective Agency, the first of its kind in the Western hemisphere. His role in the Civil War is also examined, including his relationship with President Lincoln and his establishment of the first military intelligence unit...
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- PublisherWiley
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0471194158
- ISBN 13 9780471194156
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages284
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