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Pinkerton #11
Bucholz and the Detectives
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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 crime can and must be detected by the pure and honest heart obtaining a controlling power over that of the criminal." The history of the old man who, although in the possession of unlimited wealth, leaves the shores of his native land to escape the imagined dangers of assassination, and arrives in America, only to meet his death—violent and mysterious."
"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 crime can and must be detected by the pure and honest heart obtaining a controlling power over that of the criminal." The history of the old man who, although in the possession of unlimited wealth, leaves the shores of his native land to escape the imagined dangers of assassination, and arrives in America, only to meet his death—violent and mysterious."
- GenresClassicsTrue Crime
178 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 19, 2018
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About the author
Allan Pinkerton
169 books15 followersNotorious agency of Scottish-American detective Allan Pinkerton broke strikes and disrupted labor efforts to unionize.
People best know this spy for creating the national agency. In 1849, people in Chicago first appointed Pinkerton. In the 1850s, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the northwestern police agency, later known nationally and still in existence today as Pinkerton consulting and investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas Aktiebolag.
Business insignia of Pinkerton included a wide open eye with the caption, "We never sleep."
People posthumously published exploits of his agents, perhaps some ghostwritten for promotion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_P...
People best know this spy for creating the national agency. In 1849, people in Chicago first appointed Pinkerton. In the 1850s, he partnered with Chicago attorney Edward Rucker in forming the northwestern police agency, later known nationally and still in existence today as Pinkerton consulting and investigations, a subsidiary of Securitas Aktiebolag.
Business insignia of Pinkerton included a wide open eye with the caption, "We never sleep."
People posthumously published exploits of his agents, perhaps some ghostwritten for promotion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_P...
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August 9, 2019
Another engrossing case presented by legendary detective Allan Pinkerton. This one deals with the murder of an elderly German expatriate.
March 28, 2020
Interesting book, rather clearly written to publicize the success of a Pinkerton detective in a case of murder, and definitely written in a style that matches the late 19th or early 20th century. Not a great work, but a good example of many of the works of the era.
May 15, 2012
I like these detective books by Pinkerton! This is the second that I've read.
September 7, 2015
The original "True Crime" story, Allan Pinkerton wrote of one of his cases making it sound like a novel. Interesting case; interesting read.
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