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The detective and the somnambulist
- Title
- The detective and the somnambulist / 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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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 22-70 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xi, 98 pages : illustrations; 19 cm.
- Summary
- "Detective Allan Pinkerton travels to Atkinson, Mississippi, to investigate the murder of bank teller George Gordon and the theft of more than $130,000 in the City Bank of Atkinson. Atkinson appears at first to be no more than a quiet town of shopkeepers, laborers, and businessmen. But dark secrets lurk beneath the town's Southern facade, and Pinkerton wastes no time in discovering them. Traveling under the guise of a cotton speculator, Pinkerton makes inquiries into the crime without drawing suspicion. Pinkerton is certain George must have known his killer! But without much hard evidence to go on, the Scottish detective must use all of his cunning to deduce the identity of the murderous thief"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Pinkerton true detective stories
- Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Pinkerton true detective stories.
- Subject
- Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 > Fiction
- Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency > Fiction
- Pinkerton's National Detective Agency
- Detectives > United States > Fiction
- Murder > United States > Fiction
- Criminal investigation > United States > Fiction
- Private investigators > United States > Fiction
- Criminal investigation
- Detectives
- Murder
- Private investigators
- United States
- 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 W. B. Keen, Cooke, & Co., Chicago, 1875"--Title page verso.
- Reproduction of the first title of two in the 1875 edition, which contains both The detective and the somnambulist; and, The murderer and the fortune teller.
- "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"--Title page verso.
- Includes foreword: Exploring the Borowitz Collection by Cara Gilgenbach, Special Collections and Archives, Kent State University.
- Call Number
- JFC 22-70
- ISBN
- 9781606354155
- 1606354159
- OCLC
- 1154560902
- Author
- Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884, author.
- Title
- The detective and the somnambulist / by Allan Pinkerton.
- Publisher
- Kent, Ohio : Black Squirrel Books, an imprint of the Kent State University Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Pinkerton true detective storiesPinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884. Pinkerton true detective stories.
- 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. Detective and the somnambulist. Chicago : W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875 Allan Pinkerton's detective stories (DLC) 12037640 (OCoLC)975326
- Research Call Number
- JFC 22-70