The model town and the detectives: Bryon as a detective; /The hard life of the detective. / By: Allan Pinkerton. Illustrated / Was chief of the United (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781979609937)

Allan J. Pinkerton (25 August 1819 - 1 July 1884) was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.Allan Pinkerton was born in Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, to William Pinkerton and his wife, Isobel McQueen, on August 25, 1819. He left school at the age of 10 after his father's death. Pinkerton read voraciously and was largely self-educated. A cooper by trade, Pinkerton was active in the Scottish Chartist movement as a young man. He secretly married Joan Carfrae (1822-1887) from Duddinston, then a singer, in Glasgow on 13 March 1842.Pinkerton emigrated to the United States in 1842.

Author: Allan Pinkerton
ISBN-10: 1979609934
ISBN-13: 9781979609937
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/10/2017
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.27d