Allan Pinkerton

• Apr-2002
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• May-2002
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

• Sep-2002
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Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was the world's first private detective. Emigrating to Chicago from Glasgow, Scotland, he discovered a gang of counterfeiters and assisted in their capture. He became deputy sheriff of Kane County, then Cook County, resign...

• Apr-2003
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Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was the world's first private detective. Emigrating to Chicago from Glasgow, Scotland, he discovered a gang of counterfeiters and assisted in their capture. He became deputy sheriff of Kane County, then Cook County, resign...

• Mar-2004
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An important resource in American history, told by one of the participants, who was a key figure in the labor disputes and violence of the Pennsylvania coal mines. Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was the world's first private detective. Emigrating to Chi...

• Sep-2009
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Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) was the world's first private detective. Emigrating to Chicago from Glasgow, Scotland, he discovered a gang of counterfeiters and assisted in their capture. He became deputy sheriff of Kane County, then Cook County, resign...

• Sep-2012
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

• Sep-2013
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The following pages narrate a story of detective experience, which, in many respects, is alike peculiar and interesting, and one which evinces in a marked degree the correctness of one of the cardinal principles of my detective system, viz.: "That cr...

• Sep-2013
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The southern and border states, since the close of the war of the rebellion, have been the frequent scenes of extensive and audacious robberies. This has been largely owing to the sparsely-settled condition of certain districts, to the disorder and l...

• Sep-2013
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The mental characteristics of Allan Pinkerton were judgment as to facts, knowledge of men, the ability to concentrate his faculties on one subject, and the persistent power of will. A mysterious problem of crime, against which his life was devoted, p...

• Sep-2013
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

• Jul-2014
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Allan J. Pinkertonwas a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating thePinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton produced numerous populardetective books, ostensibly based on his own exploits and those of hisagents. Some were pu...

• Sep-2014
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Allan Pinkerton was the founder of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. In early 1861, while employed by the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Pinkerton discovered and thwarted a plot (the Baltimore Plot) to assassinate President-elect...

• Oct-2014
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Geneva is one of the prettiest and most thriving little towns in the west. Situated, as it is, in the midst of one of the finest agricultural districts in the country, its growth has been rapid beyond expectation, while its social progress has been a...

• Nov-2014
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Allan Pinkerton (1819 - 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton produced numerous popular detective books, ostensibly based on his own exploits and those of his agent...

• Dec-2014
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To keep the peace in the coal mines, the Pinkerton agency goes to war The Civil War is over, and the Union is rebuilding using the power of coalblack rock dug from deep beneath the Pennsylvania earth by men from all over the globe who are seeking ...

• Mar-2016
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Allan J. Pinkertonwas a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating thePinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton produced numerous populardetective books, ostensibly based on his own exploits and those of hisagents. Some were pu...

• Aug-2016
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Allan J. Pinkerton (25 August 1819 - 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.Allan Pinkerton was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, to William Pinkerton and his wife...

• Aug-2016
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Allan J. Pinkerton (25 August 1819 â€" 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.Allan Pinkerton was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, to William Pinkerton and his wi...

• / Mystery
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The following pages narrate a story of detective experience, which, in many respects, is alike peculiar and interesting, and one which evinces in a marked degree the correctness of one of the cardinal principles of my detective system, viz.: "That cr...

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In the pages which follow I have narrated a story of actual occurrence. No touch of fiction obscures the truthful recital. The crime which is here detailed was actually committed, and under the circumstances which I have related. The four young men, ...

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The author is best-known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the USA and the series of detective novels bearing his name (though most probably ghostwritten) were used to promote the agency....