Professional thieves and the detective;
containing numerous detective sketches collected from private records
With a sketch of the author, how he became a detective.
New York; 1881
With author's presentation inscription at the front endpaper
Illustrated
Size 5.5 by 8"
Very good condition, minor wear
Text in English

Allan J. Pinkerton (1819 – 1884) was a Scottish-American cooper, abolitionist, detective, and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in the United States and his claim to have foiled a plot in 1861 to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln.
During the Civil War, he provided the Union Army – specifically General George B. McClellan of the Army of the Potomac – with military intelligence, including extremely inaccurate enemy troop strength numbers.
After the war, his agents played a significant role as strikebreakers – in particular during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 – a role that Pinkerton men would continue to play after the death of their founder.



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