True Crime Detective Stories, From the Archives of the Pinkertons

by Cleveland Moffett

This book details the results of Pinkerton’s investigations into a number of major robberies. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, usually shortened to the Pinkertons, was a private U.S. security guard and detective agency established by Allan Pinkerton in 1850.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Crime

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First published January 1, 1897

Reviews

[Muchson Fatoni · Rating 2 out of 5]

Satu hal yang kutangkap: ternyata jaman dulu detektif punya kewenangan menangkap penjahat (hanya perlu minta surat ke pejabat kota).
Dan buku ini lebih kepada cerita kesuksesan bagaimana cara organisasi biro detektif Pinkerton menangkap penjahat. Tak ada unsur misteri bagaimana pengungkapan kasus seperti buku-buku detektif lainnya.
Ya sebenarnya sudah diungkapkan sih di blurb buku: “terlepas dari fakta bahwa dalang perampokan diketahui dan sebagian besar uang sudah ditemukan kembali, cara perampokan masih menjadi misteri”

[Zane Sterling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read.

Some really interesting and true stories of crimes committed yesteryear. The history of the Pinkertons is very much worth your time!

[abby l owen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great old stories

Fun journey through old times of crime solving before science did all the work. Great read. Would recommend to younger generations.

[Jeanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining bit of history

These stories made for a bit of light reading to give me a change of pace from my usual reading habits. I think the last was my favorite because it shows the Pinkertons are human after all. Even though they recovered the money, the man still managed to escape their hands.

I recommend this for anyone who likes a bit of true crime from this period in history. The late 1800s were certainly an interesting time. I’ve learned that although tech has advanced, little has changed in the criminal world from then to now. That or history truly does repeat itself.

[nur'aini tri wahyuni · Rating 2 out of 5]

soooo boring. i'm sorry.

pertama, saya pikir ini buku adaptasi serial True Detective yg ga jadijadi saya tonton itu. ternyata (kesimpulan) saya kasus dalam buku ini memang kisah nyata semua. saya ga nyari tau juga, sih, hanya menerka.

sayangnya buku ini ga ditulis senyaman novel novel detektif lain benarbenar monoton, kayak lagi baca laporan kantor polisi.

[gerard2e · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. Worth a few euros for sure.

More of a gateway to further reading I would imagine though. Fairly short and not in depth in detail justvwhats necessary.

Anyone familiar with “Deadwood” will enjoy reading about the Pinkertons. Very shrewd people

[Tanwen Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really interesting insight into the operations of the Pinkertons and some of their more incredible stories. quite fun to find out hours train and bank robbers used to work... and get get caught.

[Lilian · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay, but not mind blowing. Is this really true story?

[Cheryl Weaver · Rating 5 out of 5]

such a very good book

[Collette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great historical read

Colorful characters of truth, a time period that draws you in in each short story. It was fun to read and it’s history impressive for investigations of its time. Beware though. Some things are brutal truth and details.

[Joan · Rating 2 out of 5]

despite the first letter from the first word to every story/chapter was not there. The lengths that people go to to steal money is amazing. Each story involved a lot of people and at times was hard to follow.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was just a straight-forward telling of some of Pinkerton's famous cases. It was interesting, but not suspenseful. It did show resourcefulness of this agency.