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Lifetime: 1819 - 1884 Passed: ≈ 140 years ago

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Allan Pinkerton

Books by Allan Pinkerton

Expressman and the Detective Cover image

Expressman and the Detective

Adventure Crime Biography Mystery
Detective 19th century Mystery Adventure Crime Biography Agency Chicago Memoir Railroad Theft Pinkerton Express Real-life

Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884), a Scotsman by birth and a barrel-maker by trade, settled in Chicago in its infancy and founded the Pinkertons, the world's first detective agency. Though events associated with the agency after his death have tarnished th...