Call in Pinkerton's: American detectives at work for Canada
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1. Verfasser: Williams, David R., (David Ricardo) (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto [Ont.] Dundurn Press ©1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; 1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE AGENCY; 2. MODUS OPERANDI; 3. EARLY DAYS; 4. BRITISH COLUMBIA POLICE AND MURDER; 5. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTIGATIONS; 6. MANHUNTS; 7. DOMINION POLICE; 8. ON STRIKE; 9. WARTIME ESPIONAGE; 10. POLITICS AND POLITICIANS; EPILOGUE: THE MODERN PINKERTON'S; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NOTES; INDEX.
Soon after Allan Pinkerton established his legendary detective agency in the United States, Canadians began seeking their services. Call in Pinkerton's is the history of the agency's work on behalf of Canadian governments and police forces. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Pinkerton's operatives hunted legendary train robber Bill Miner in the woods of British Columbia, infiltrated German spy rings during World War I, and helped future prime minister John A. Macdonald to fend off the Fenian raids. They tracked down the Reno Brothers in Windsor, Ontario, and investi
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