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Professional thieves and the detective : containing numerous detective sketches collected from private records

Title
Professional thieves and the detective : containing numerous detective sketches collected from private records / by Allan Pinkerton, author of "Mississippi outlaws and detectives," "Expressman and the detectives," "Mollie Maguires and detectives," "Spiritualists and detectives," "Criminal reminiscences," etc. etc. ; with a sketch of the author, how he became a detective, &c. ; illustrated.
Author
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : A. G. Nettleton & Company, 1880.

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Description
1 online resource (598 pages, 36 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Series Statement
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Uniform Title
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Subject
  • Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
  • Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
  • Detectives > United States
  • Thieves > United States
  • Detectives > United States > Biography
Note
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Contents
How I became a detective -- Criminal sketches -- Lightning stealers and the detective -- The Edgewood mystery and the detective -- Booming logs and the detective -- Criminal reminiscences.
OCLC
  • 937015044
  • CPPC02016
Author
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884, author.
Title
Professional thieves and the detective : containing numerous detective sketches collected from private records / by Allan Pinkerton, author of "Mississippi outlaws and detectives," "Expressman and the detectives," "Mollie Maguires and detectives," "Spiritualists and detectives," "Criminal reminiscences," etc. etc. ; with a sketch of the author, how he became a detective, &c. ; illustrated.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : A. G. Nettleton & Company, 1880.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Local Note
Scanned copy defective: pages 49-598 wanting.
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