Pinkerton's Great Detective - The Rough-And-Tumble Career of James McParland, America's Sherlock Holmes (Paperback)

The story of the legendary Pinkerton detective who took down the Molly Maguires and the Wild Bunch
The operatives of the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency were renowned for their skills of subterfuge, infiltration, and investigation, none more so than James McParland. So thrilling were McParland's cases that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle included the cunning detective in a story along with Sherlock Holmes.
Riffenburgh digs deep into the recently released Pinkerton archives to present the first biography of McParland and the agency's cloak-and-dagger methods. Both action packed and meticulously researched, Pinkerton's Great Detective brings readers along on McParland's most challenging cases: from young McParland's infiltration of the murderous Molly Maguires gang in the case that launched his career to his hunt for the notorious Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch to his controversial investigation of the Western Federation of Mines in the assassination of Idaho's former governor.
Filled with outlaws and criminals, detectives and lawmen, "Pinkerton's Great Detective" shines a light upon the celebrated secretive agency and its premier sleuth.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
First published:	November 2014
Authors:	Beau Riffenburgh
Dimensions:	208 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-312607-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-14-312607-5
Barcode:	9780143126072

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