Pinkerton: America's First Private Eye

Older readers will enjoy entertaining tales of Pinkerton's exploits: foiling one of the assassination attempts on Lincoln, sending his own sons (ages 14 & 16) behind rebel lines as spies, catching Frank & Jesse James, & publicly raising money to help John Brown escape imprisonment. His childhood in one of the worst slums in Scotland, his work with the underground railroad, his first job catching counterfeiters, & his work with the Chicago police force in an era of corruption are covered, as well as the development of his own detective agency. List of further readings & index.Richard Wormser is the author of 'Pinkerton: America's First Private Eye' with ISBN 9780802769640 and ISBN 0802769640.