Pinkerton's Great Detective: The Amazing Life and Times of James McParland
by Riffenburgh, Beau
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Viking, 2013. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Large, sturdy book, dark gray spine, light blue boards, shiny dark red lettering on spine, 384 pages including two glossy photo sections. DJ glossy beneath mylar, gray background to front with photo image of man in bowler hat and suit but no face, red spine with small illustrations, praise in red lettering on darker purple from Wall Street Journal, Sunday Telegraph, Times Literary Supplement and others. DJ and book, both As New.
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55288
- Title
- Pinkerton's Great Detective: The Amazing Life and Times of James McParland
- Author
- Riffenburgh, Beau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Viking
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- Detectives Pinkertons Molly Maguires Biograhies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Business; Law;
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