ALLAN PINKERTON Ultimate Collection: True Crime Stories & Detective Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. True Crime and Detective Cases: From the Expressman to the Spy of the RebellionBy Allan Pinkerton
Length64h 23m
About this audiobook
ALLAN PINKERTON Ultimate Collection: True Crime Stories & Detective Stories gathers the writings that helped define the nineteenth-century detective narrative, blending memoir, case history, and popular crime fiction. Rooted in the sensational culture of postbellum America, these accounts present railroads, banks, forgeries, disguises, surveillance, and moral pursuit as the machinery of modern detection. Pinkerton's prose is direct, procedural, and dramatic, less concerned with psychological ambiguity than with method, discipline, and the restoration of social order. Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish-born founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, wrote from unusual authority: he was both practitioner and mythmaker. His experiences investigating counterfeiting, railway theft, labor unrest, and political conspiracy—including service connected with Abraham Lincoln's security—gave him material that could be shaped into instructive and entertaining narratives. His books also promoted the professional detective as a new American figure: rational, tireless, and morally certain. This collection is recommended for readers interested in true crime, early detective literature, legal history, and the cultural origins of modern policing. It offers not only suspenseful cases, but also a revealing archive of how detection became literature.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreTrue Crime
Length64 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 19, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ALLAN PINKERTON Ultimate Collection: True Crime Stories & Detective Stories (Annotated)
119CHAPTER IV.
2Introduction
120CHAPTER V.
3Author Biography
121Bucholz and the Detectives
4Historical Context
122PREFACE.
5Synopsis (Selection)
123THE CRIME.
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6ALLAN PINKERTON Ultimate Collection: True Crime Stories & Detective Tales
124CHAPTER I.
7The Expressman and the Detective
125CHAPTER II.
8PREFACE.
126CHAPTER III.
9CHAPTER I.
127CHAPTER IV.
10CHAPTER II.
128CHAPTER V.
11CHAPTER III.
129CHAPTER VI.
12CHAPTER IV.
130CHAPTER VII.
13CHAPTER V.
131CHAPTER VIII.
14CHAPTER VI.
132THE HISTORY.
15CHAPTER VII.
133CHAPTER IX.
16CHAPTER VIII.
134CHAPTER X.
17CHAPTER IX.
135CHAPTER XI.
18CHAPTER X.
136CHAPTER XII.
19CHAPTER XI.
137CHAPTER XIII.
20CHAPTER XII.
138CHAPTER XIV.
21CHAPTER XIII.
139CHAPTER XV.
22CHAPTER XIV.
140CHAPTER XVI.
23CHAPTER XV.
141THE DETECTION.
24CHAPTER XVI.
142CHAPTER XVII.
25CHAPTER XVII.
143CHAPTER XVIII.
26CHAPTER XVIII.
144CHAPTER XIX.
27CHAPTER XIX.
145CHAPTER XX.
28CHAPTER XX.
146CHAPTER XXI.
29CHAPTER XXI.
147CHAPTER XXII.
30CHAPTER XXII.
148CHAPTER XXIII.
31CHAPTER XXIII.
149CHAPTER XXIV.
32CHAPTER XXIV.
150CHAPTER XXV.
33CHAPTER XXV.
151CHAPTER XXVI.
34CHAPTER XXVI.
152CHAPTER XXVII.
35CHAPTER XXVII.
153CHAPTER XXVIII.
36CHAPTER XXVIII.
154CHAPTER XXIX.
37CHAPTER XXIX.
155THE JUDGMENT.
38CHAPTER XXX.
156CHAPTER XXX.
39The Somnambulist and the Detective
157CHAPTER XXXI.
40PREFACE
158The Burglar's Fate and the Detectives
41CHAPTER I.
159PREFACE.
42CHAPTER II.
160CHAPTER I.
43CHAPTER III.
161CHAPTER II.
44CHAPTER IV.
162CHAPTER III.
45CHAPTER V.
163CHAPTER IV.
46CHAPTER VI.
164CHAPTER V.
47CHAPTER VII.
165CHAPTER VI.
48CHAPTER VIII.
166CHAPTER VII.
49CHAPTER IX.
167CHAPTER VIII.
50The Murderer and the Fortune Teller
168CHAPTER IX.
51CHAPTER I.
169CHAPTER X.
52CHAPTER II.
170CHAPTER XI.
53CHAPTER III.
171CHAPTER XII.
54CHAPTER IV.
172CHAPTER XIII.
55CHAPTER V.
173CHAPTER XIV.
56CHAPTER VI.
174CHAPTER XV.
57CHAPTER VII.
175CHAPTER XVI.
58CHAPTER VIII.
176CHAPTER XVII.
59CHAPTER IX.
177CHAPTER XVIII.
60CHAPTER X.
178CHAPTER XIX.
61The Spiritualists and the Detectives
179CHAPTER XX.
62PREFACE.
180CHAPTER XXI.
63CHAPTER I.
181CHAPTER XXII.
64CHAPTER II.
182CHAPTER XXIII.
65CHAPTER III.
183CHAPTER XXIV.
66CHAPTER IV.
184CHAPTER XXV.
67CHAPTER V.
185CHAPTER XXVI.
68CHAPTER VI.
186The Spy of the Rebellion
69CHAPTER VII.
187PREFACE.
70CHAPTER VIII.
188CHAPTER I.
71CHAPTER IX.
189CHAPTER II.
72CHAPTER X.
190CHAPTER III.
73CHAPTER XI.
191CHAPTER IV.
74CHAPTER XII
192CHAPTER V.
75CHAPTER XIII.
193CHAPTER VI.
76CHAPTER XIV.
194CHAPTER VII.
77CHAPTER XV.
195CHAPTER VIII.
78CHAPTER XVI.
196CHAPTER IX.
79CHAPTER XVII.
197CHAPTER X.
80CHAPTER XVIII.
198CHAPTER XI.
81CHAPTER XIX.
199CHAPTER XII.
82CHAPTER XX.
200CHAPTER XIII.
83CHAPTER XXI.
201CHAPTER XIV.
84CHAPTER XXII.
202CHAPTER XV.
85CHAPTER XXIII.
203CHAPTER XVI.
86CHAPTER XXIV
204CHAPTER XVII.
87CHAPTER XXV.
205CHAPTER XVIII.
88CHAPTER XXVI.
206CHAPTER XIX.
89CHAPTER XXVII.
207CHAPTER XX.
90CHAPTER XXVIII.
208CHAPTER XXI.
91Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives
209CHAPTER XXII.
92PREFACE.
210CHAPTER XXIII.
93CHAPTER I.
211CHAPTER XXIV.
94CHAPTER II.
212CHAPTER XXV.
95CHAPTER III.
213CHAPTER XXVI.
96CHAPTER IV.
214CHAPTER XXVII.
97CHAPTER V.
215CHAPTER XXVIII.
98CHAPTER VI.
216CHAPTER XXIX.
99CHAPTER VII.
217CHAPTER XXX.
100CHAPTER VIII.
218CHAPTER XXXI.
101CHAPTER IX.
219CHAPTER XXXII.
102CHAPTER X.
220CHAPTER XXXIII.
103CHAPTER XI.
221CHAPTER XXXIV.
104Don Pedro and the Detectives
222CHAPTER XXXV.
105CHAPTER I.
223CHAPTER XXXVI.
106CHAPTER II.
224CHAPTER XXXVII.
107CHAPTER III.
225CHAPTER XXXVIII.
108CHAPTER IV.
226APPENDIX. THE HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS OF A DETECTIVE'S LIFE
109CHAPTER V.
227II.
110CHAPTER VI.
228III.
111CHAPTER VII.
229IV.
112CHAPTER VIII.
230V.
113CHAPTER IX.
231VI.
114CHAPTER X.
232VII.
115Poisoner and the Detectives
233Analysis
116CHAPTER I.
234Reflection
117CHAPTER II.
235Memorable Quotes
118CHAPTER III.
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