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Bank-robbers and the detectives

Title: Bank-robbers and the detectives / by Allan Pinkerton.
Author: Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
Publication: Kent, Ohio : Black Squirrel Books, an imprint of the Kent State University Press, [2020]

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Description

xii, 252 pages : illustrations; 19 cm.

Summary

"Upon receiving a telegram that reads, "First National Bank robbed, please come, or send at once" from Thomas Locke in Somerset, Michigan, Pinkerton sets off to investigate the crime. After journeying to the quaint town in a blizzard, the detective learns that $65,000 of treasury bonds, notes, and cash had disappeared from the bank's vault overnight. Only one man knew the combination: the bank's cashier, Mr. Norton. When Pinkerton's subsequent examination of the crime scene reveals no signs of forced entry, it starts to look like Mr. Norton committed the crime. But if Pinkerton has learned anything during his three decades of detective work, it is that initial appearances are often deceiving, and he narrows the investigation down to three suspects close to the cashier. However, he soon discovers that the promise of exorbitant wealth can tempt even the most honorable man to commit treacherous crimes"--

Series Statement

Pinkerton true detective stories
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Pinkerton true detective stories.

Alternative Title

Bank robbers and the detectives

Subject

Genre/Form

True crime stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.

Note

Fictionalized account ostensibly or loosely based on an actual crime case.
"First published by G. W. Carleton & Co. Publishers, New York, 1882" [that is, published 1883, ©1882] --Title page verso.
"This facsimile and edition was produced using a scan of a first edition copy....The original edition is part of the Borowitz Collection in the Kent State University Special Collections and Archives and is reproduced with permission"--Title page verso.
Includes foreword: "Exploring the Borowitz Collection by Cara Gilgenbach, Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University."

Call Number

JFC 22-33

ISBN

9781606354148
1606354140

LCCN

2020948357

OCLC

1154555852

Author

Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884, author.

Title

Bank-robbers and the detectives / by Allan Pinkerton.

Publisher

Kent, Ohio : Black Squirrel Books, an imprint of the Kent State University Press, [2020]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Pinkerton true detective stories

Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Pinkerton true detective stories.

Local Note

FACSIMILE OF 1882 EDITION.

Added Author

Gilgenbach, Cara, writer of foreword.

Kent State University. Press, publisher.

Black Squirrel Books, publisher.

Other Editions:

Facsimile container of: Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Bank-robbers and the detectives. New York : G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers ; London : S. Low, Son & Co., MDCCCLXXXIII [1883] (DLC) 12037633 (OCoLC)7634754

Research Call Number

JFC 22-33

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