This meticulously edited Pinkerton-True Crime collection includes works based on his own exploits and those of his agents:
The Expressman and the Detective
The Somnambulist and the Detective
The Murderer and the Fortune Teller
The Spiritualists and the Detectives
Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives
Don Pedro and the Detectives
Poisoner and the Detectives
Bucholz and the Detectives
The Burglar’s Fate and the Detectives
The Spy of the Rebellion
About the author
Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton started with detective work back in Scotland, and in 1849 he was appointed as the first police detective in Chicago. Year later he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the Detective Agency which became famous for solving a series of train robberies during the 1850s. Pinkerton produced numerous popular detective books, based on his own exploits and those of his agents.
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