Allan Pinkerton - Writings

Writings

Pinkerton produced numerous popular detective books, ostensibly based on his own exploits and those of his agents. Some were published after his death, and they are considered to have been more motivated by a desire to promote his detective agency than a literary endeavour. Most historians believe that Allan Pinkerton hired ghostwriters, but the books nonetheless bear his name and no doubt reflect his own views.

  • —; William Henry Herndon, jesse William Weik (1866). Allan Pinkerton's Unpublished Story of the First Attempt on the Life Of Abraham Lincoln. Phillips Publishing Co..
  • —; William Henry Herndon, jesse William Weik (1868). History and Evidence of the Passage of Abraham Lincoln from Harrisburg, Pa., to Washington, D.C. on the 22d and 23d of February, 1861. Phillips Publishing Co..
  • — (1874). The Expressman and the Detective. http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=wright2;idno=wright2-1908.
  • — (1875). Claude Melnotte As A Detective, And Other Stories. Chicago: W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=TdEEAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08. Also available here
  • — (1875). The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Murderer and the Fortune Teller. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=kC4DAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08. Also available here
  • — (1876). The Spiritualists and the Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=TsoRAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1877). The Molly Maguires and the Detectives, 1905 ed.. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=2FgWAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1878). Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=vYmPG_ZdDOkC. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1878). Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=QkOz6Ori_v8C. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1879). Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives, Don Pedro and the Detectives, Poisoner and the Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=8TsDAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1879). The Gypsies and the Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=QXEqAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1880). Bucholz and the Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=jEcFAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08. Also available via Project Gutenberg
  • — (1881). The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=bi4DAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1883). The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion. Hartford, Conn.: M. A. Winter & Hatch. http://books.google.com/books?id=oO0LAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1884). A Double Life and the Detectives. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=eqUe8wXQuNcC. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1886). Professional Thieves and the Detective: Containing Numerous Detective Sketches Collected From Private Records. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=9EkuAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1886). A Life for a Life: Or, The Detective's Triumph. Laird & Lee.
  • — (1892). Cornered at Last: A Detective Story.
  • — (1900). Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Expose of Criminal Practices of all Grades and Classes. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=4EUuAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  • — (1900). The Model Town and the Detectives, Byron as a Detective. New York: G. W. Dillingham Co.. http://books.google.com/books?id=vHEqAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-08.

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