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Knots untied, or, Ways and by-ways in the hidden life of American detectives / by Officer George S. McWatters, late of the Metropolitan Police, New York.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920 Available online

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Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McWatters, George S., author.
Series:
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Detectives.
Police.
Fraud.
Murder.
Crime.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
McWatters, George S.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations, portrait.
Other Title:
Knots untied
Ways and by-ways in the hidden life of American detectives
Place of Publication:
Hartford : J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1871.
System Details:
text file
Notes:
"A narrative of marvellous experiences among all classes of society,--criminals in high life, swindlers, bank robbers, thieves, lottery agents, gamblers, necromancers, counterfeiters, burglars, etc., etc., etc."
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Local Notes:
ASQWVQ548219787: Salesman's sample.
OCLC:
937013601
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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