| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency -- History.
|
|
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. |
|
History. |
|
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. |
|
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. |
|
Pinkerton's National Detective Agency -- Histoire. |
|
Private investigators -- Canada -- History.
|
|
Private investigators. |
|
Canada. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, David R. (David Ricardo), 1923- Call in Pinkerton's. Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Dundurn Press, ©1998 1550023063 9781550023060 (DLC) 98232178 (OCoLC)39052281 |
| ISBN |
9781554881147 (electronic book) |
|
1554881145 (electronic book) |
|
9781554886531 (electronic book) |
|
1554886538 (electronic book) |
|
9781459713154 (electronic book) |
|
145971315X (electronic book) |
|
1550023063 |
|
9781550023060 |
|
