Allan Pinkerton (1819–1884)

Autor de The Spy of the Rebellion

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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, resigning from the police to form the Pinkerton mostrar más Detective Agency in 1852. The Pinkerton logo, the All-Seeing Eye, inspired the phrase "Private Eye". mostrar menos

Incluye los nombres: Pinkerton Allan, Allen Pinkerton, Allan Pinkertonn

Créditos de la imagen: Allan Pinkerton, 1819-1884 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-117576)

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The Spy of the Rebellion (1883) 70 copias

The Expressman and the Detective (1874) 42 copias

The Molly Maguires and the Detectives (1973) 26 copias

Thirty Years A Detective (1884) 15 copias

The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives (2010) 13 copias

The Spiritualists and the Detectives (2006) 7 copias

The Pinkerton Casebook: Adventures of the Original Private Eye (2007) 7 copias

Bucholz and the Detectives (2007) 6 copias

Strikers, communists, tramps and detectives (2018) 5 copias

The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller (1877) 5 copias

Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches (1879) 4 copias

Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives; Don Pedro and the Detectives.;Poisoner and the Detectives (2014) 3 copias

Claude Melnotte and the Detective and Other Stories (1875) 1 copia

Criminal reminiscences and detective sketches. By: Allan Pinkerton. / was chief of the united states secret service. / (2017) 1 copia

The Greatest Cases of Pinkerton Detective Agency 1 copia

The Greatest Works of Allan Pinkerton 1 copia

True Crime & Murder Mysteries Collection 1 copia

Bucholz & the Detectives (Based on True Events) 1 copia

Claude Melnotte and the Detectives with other Detective Stories 1 copia

A Double Life and the Detectives (2010) 1 copia

Claude Melnotte as a Detective (Pinkerton, #8) 1 copia

Thirty Tears a Detective 1 copia

The Model Town And The Detectives: Bryon As A Detective (2007) 1 copia

Bank-robbers and the detectives (Detective stories) (1910) 1 copia

Tests on passenger conductors, made by the National police agency. Allan Pinkerton, principal ... January 1st, 1867.… 1 copia

History and evidence of the passage of Abraham Lincoln from Harrisburg, Pa., to Washington, D. C., on the twenty-second… 1 copia

Allan Pinkerton, Collection novels (2014) 1 copia

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Fecha de nacimiento: 1819-08-25
Fecha de fallecimiento: 1884
Lugar de sepultura: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Género: male
Lugar de nacimiento: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Lugar de fallecimiento: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives por Allan Pinkerton

Another more-than-a-century-old book I've read this month, and this time, it is a true story. Written by supposedly the first detective/spy of America, this one is the story of a bank robbery and the catching of the burglars. It is neatly written, with detailed description of the places and the detective work. I had fun reading it.

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aravind_aar | Nov 21, 2021 |

The Mollie Maguires and the detectives. With a new… por Allan Pinkerton

This book would be funny if it were not so tragic. This is the story of the Molly Maguires as related by those who persecuted (prosecuted) them. The Pinkerton Agency made its name from its involvement in this case. The Pinkertons infiltrated the Irish community and manipulated the evidence, engaged in entrapment and perverted the course of justice in the subsequent trials. Writing their own story, they are proud of their accomplishments and view their participation as serving the cause of justice.… (más)

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AlexTheHunn | Aug 12, 2007 |

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