
Allan J. Pinkerton was a Scottish American detective and spy, best known for creating the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Pinkerton produced numerous popular detective books, ostensibly based on his own exploits and those of his agents. Some were published after his death,...


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""The Somnambulist and The Detective; The Murderer and The Fortune Teller"" is a classic detective novel written by Allan Pinkerton and originally published in 1903. The story follows the investigations of a detective named Allan Pinkerton, who is tasked with solving a series...

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The Detective and the Somnambulist - The Murderer and the Fortune Teller is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1877. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...



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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 the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland, to William Pinkerton and his wife Isobel McQueen on August...
