Desperate men; revelations from the sealed Pinkerton files. / By James D. Horan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horan, James D. (James David), 1914-1981.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminals--United States.

Criminals.

Crime--United States.

Crime.

United States.

Outlaws.

Pinkerton's National Detective Agency.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957 (donor) (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Horan, James D. (James David), 1914-1981 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm

Manufacture:

New York : Manufactured in the United States of America Van Rees Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1949]

Notes:

With half-title.

"Copyright, 1949, by James D. Horan."

Preface by Robert A. Pinkerton, II.

"In the last few years, however, numerous motion pictures, books, and magazine articles on the life of the Jameses and Youngers and other Western outlaws have appeared. May of them glorified the bandits as misjudged Robin Hoods. To offset this erroneous conception, we decided to open our complete century-old files dealing with Western outlaws for the first time to Mr. Horan. Although we have cooperated with him to the fullest extent, Mr. Horan's conclusions are his own."--Preface.

Map of "Jesse James Country" on endpapers.

Includes index.

Tan textured boards lettered in red and decorated in black.

Price from dustjacket.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "Nov. 15, 1949. For B. Rascoe with love & personal regards. Jim. Horan".

Culture Class Collection copy has underlines and ms. annotations.

OCLC:

1262293