This author became renowned as a Scottish American detective and spy, best known as the founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. His writings, often drawing from the exploits of his agents, were crafted to promote the agency and offer readers thrilling accounts. His signature emblem, a wide-open eye with the caption "We never sleep," symbolized his relentless pursuit of investigative and security endeavors.
Originally published over a century ago, this significant work explores the intersection of spirituality and detective work. It has been carefully reformatted and retyped for modern readers, ensuring clarity and readability. Alpha Editions aims to preserve its legacy for current and future generations, providing a fresh presentation of this classical text.
Allan J. Pinkerton (1819 - 1884) 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 and they are considered to have been more motivated by a desire to promote his detective agency than a literary endeavor. Most historians believe that Allan Pinkerton hired ghostwriters, but the books nonetheless bear his name and no doubt reflect his views.
A classic true crime detective story by Allan Pinkerton, the Scottish American detective and spy who founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency in 1850. In The Somnambulist and the Detective, Allan Pinkerton travels to Atkinson, Mississippi, to investigate the murder of bank teller George Gordon and the theft of more than $130,000.