Research Catalog

Title

The adventures of a United States detective : a series of interesting sketches illustrating the operations of the whisky ring in their evasions of the law and its penalties / by Detective James J. Brooks, of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Author

Brooks, James J.

Publication

Philadelphia : S.T. Souder & Company, 1876.

Details

Description

1 online resource (348 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.

Series Statement

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Uniform Title

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Alternative Title

• Adventures of a U.S. detective
• Whiskey drips

Subject

• Distilling, Illicit > United States
• Whiskey industry > United States
• Liquor laws > United States
• Detectives > United States

Note

• Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.

OCLC

• 693747558
• CPPC02591

Author

Brooks, James J., author.

Title

The adventures of a United States detective : a series of interesting sketches illustrating the operations of the whisky ring in their evasions of the law and its penalties / by Detective James J. Brooks, of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Publisher

Philadelphia : S.T. Souder & Company, 1876.

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.

Connect to:

Full text available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Cover Title

Adventures of a U.S. detective

Caption Title

Whiskey drips