Editing Allan Pinkerton (section)

==Writings==
Pinkerton produced numerous popular [[detective fiction|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 endeavour. Most historians believe that Allan Pinkerton hired [[ghostwriter]]s, but the books nonetheless bear his name and no doubt reflect his views.<ref>Mackay (1997), pp. 208–209</ref>

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* {{cite book |title=Allan Pinkerton's Unpublished Story of the First Attempt on the Life Of Abraham Lincoln |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |author2=William Henry Herndon |author3=Jesse William Weik  |year=1866 |publisher=Phillips Publishing Co. }}
* {{cite book |title=History and Evidence of the Passage of Abraham Lincoln from Harrisburg, Pa., to Washington, D.C., on the 22d and 23d of February, 1861  |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |author2=William Henry Herndon |author3=Jesse William Weik  |year=1868 |publisher=Phillips Publishing Co. }}
* {{cite book |title=The Expressman and the Detective |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1874|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22155|publisher=W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co. |location=Chicago }}
* {{cite book |title=Claude Melnotte As A Detective, And Other Stories |url=https://archive.org/details/claudemelnott00pinkrich |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1875 |publisher=W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co. |location=Chicago |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=The Somnambulist and the Detective, The Murderer and the Fortune Teller |url=https://archive.org/details/somnambulistand00pinkgoog |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1875 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=The Spiritualists and the Detectives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TsoRAAAAYAAJ |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1876 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=The Molly Maguires and the Detectives, 1905 ed. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2FgWAAAAYAAJ |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1877 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=Strikers, Communists, Tramps and Detectives |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vYmPG_ZdDOkC |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1878 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches |url=https://archive.org/details/criminalreminis00pinkgoog |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1878 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives, Don Pedro and the Detectives, Poisoner and the Detectives |url=https://archive.org/details/mississippioutl00pinkgoog |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1879 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=The Gypsies and the Detectives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXEqAAAAYAAJ |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1879 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=Bucholz and the Detectives |url=https://archive.org/details/bucholzanddetec00pinkgoog |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1880 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}  Also available via [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20497 Project Gutenberg]
* {{cite book |title=The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_bi4DAAAAMAAJ_2 |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1881 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army During the Late Rebellion |url=https://archive.org/details/spyrebellionbei00pinkgoog |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1883 |publisher=M. A. Winter & Hatch |location=Hartford, Conn. |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=A Double Life and the Detectives |url=https://archive.org/details/adoublelifeandd00pinkgoog |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1884 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=Professional Thieves and the Detective: Containing Numerous Detective Sketches Collected From Private Records |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9EkuAAAAYAAJ |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1886 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=A Life for a Life: Or, The Detective's Triumph |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1886 |publisher=[[Laird & Lee]] }}
* {{cite book |title=Cornered at Last: A Detective Story  |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1892 }}
* {{cite book |title=Thirty Years a Detective: A Thorough and Comprehensive Expose of Criminal Practices of all Grades and Classes |url=https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsdetec00pink |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1900 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
* {{cite book |title=The Model Town and the Detectives, Byron as a Detective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHEqAAAAYAAJ |last=Pinkerton |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Pinkerton |author-mask=1  |year=1900 |publisher=G. W. Dillingham Co. |location=New York |access-date=July 8, 2009}}
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