- 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
- 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
- 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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