A biography of the Scottish immigrant barrel-maker whose side line detective work developed into the oldest and most famous detective agency in the United States.

Examines the life of the detective who founded his own agency and introduced a system of recording criminals to help track them down and tie them to crimes.

A biography of Allan Pinkerton, who organized the United States Secret Service and developed his own detective agency.

Beginning with his early days in Scotland as a member of the radical chartists, this book covers the legendary Allan Pinkerton's days as a detective for the Chicago police force and his founding of the Northwest Detective Agency, the first of its kind in the Western hemisphere. It provides in-depth coverage of Pinkerton's role in the Civil War, where he became a trusted confidante of President Lincoln and is credited with establishing the first military...