MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03381cam a2200349 i 4500
001 2013017204
003 DLC
005 20141208155446.0
008 130516s2013 nyu 001 0beng
010 $a 2013017204
020 $a9780670025466 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHV7911.M3884$bR54 2013
082 00 $a363.28/9092$aB$223
084 $aBIO027000$aHIS036040$aHIS036000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRiffenburgh, Beau,$d1955-
245 10 $aPinkerton's great detective :$bthe amazing life and times of James McParland /$cBeau Riffenburgh.
264 1 $aNew York :$bViking,$c[2013]
300 $axiv, 384 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"The story of the legendary Pinkerton detective who took down the Molly Maguires and the Wild Bunch The operatives of the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency were renowned for their skills of subterfuge, infiltration, and investigation, none more so than James McParland. So thrilling were McParland's cases that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle included the cunning detective in a story along with Sherlock Holmes. Riffenburgh digs deep into the recently released Pinkerton archives to present the first biography of McParland and the agency's cloak-and-dagger methods. Both action packed and meticulously researched, Pinkerton's Great Detective brings readers along on McParland's most challenging cases: from young McParland's infiltration of the murderous Molly Maguires gang in the case that launched his career to his hunt for the notorious Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch to his controversial investigation of the Western Federation of Mines in the assassination of Idaho's former governor. Filled with outlaws and criminals, detectives and lawmen, Pinkerton's Great Detective shines a light upon the celebrated secretive agency and its premier sleuth"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"The story of the legendary Pinkerton detective who took down the Molly Maguires and the Wild Bunch The operatives of the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency were renowned for their skills of subterfuge, infiltration, and investigation, none more so than James McParland. So thrilling were McParland's cases that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle included the cunning detective in a story along with Sherlock Holmes. Riffenburgh digs deep into the recently released Pinkerton archives to present the first biography of McParland and the agency's cloak-and-dagger methods. Both action packed and meticulously researched, Pinkerton's Great Detective brings readers along on McParland's most challenging cases: from young McParland's infiltration of the murderous Molly Maguires gang in the case that launched his career to his hunt for the notorious Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch to his controversial investigation of the Western Federation of Mines in the assassination of Idaho's former governor"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aMcParland, James P.
610 20 $aPinkerton's National Detective Agency$vBiography.
650 0 $aPrivate investigators$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Law Enforcement.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / General.$2bisacsh