THIRTY YEARS A DETECTIVE, A Thorough and Comprehensive Expose of Criminal Practices of all Grades and Classes…

Pinkerton, Allan.

ISBN 10: 0875851541 / ISBN 13: 9780875851549

Published by Patterson Smith, 1975

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NY 1886. Illus, 8 x 5", cloth, 616 pp, inner front hinge cracked, corner of fep clipped, covers heavily rubbed, shaken.

Seller Inventory # 89-123

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THIRTY YEARS A DETECTIVE, A Thorough and Comprehensive Expose of Criminal Practices of all Grades and Classes…
• Publisher: Patterson Smith
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875851541
• ISBN 13: 9780875851549
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

The Pinkerton Agency was founded in 1850 by Allan Pinkerton. He was instrumental in bringing down the James gang, the Molly Maguires, the Reno brothers and other criminals of the day. During the Civil War Pinkerton foiled an assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln. Pinkerton opens a window to America and its history with a little bravado, a little humor and adds the detail that made him the most famous lawman of his day.