Research Catalog

Title

Professional thieves and the detectives : 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

Toronto : Rose Publishing Company, [not before 1880]

Details

Description

1 online resource (441 pages) : illustrations.

Series Statement

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Uniform Title

• Professional thieves and the detective
• Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Alternative Title

Professional thieves and the detective

Subject

• Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
• Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
• Detectives > United States
• Thieves > United States
• Detectives > United States > Biography

Note

• Author's preface dated (page vii): November, 1880.
• Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

OCLC

• 937015045
• CPPC02017

Author

Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884, author.

Title

Professional thieves and the detectives : 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

Toronto : Rose Publishing Company, [not before 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.

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