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Fifty years a detective / by Thomas Furlong [the famous railroad detective], late chief of the Secret Service of the Missouri Pacific Railway, known as the Gould System, the Allegheny Valley Railway of Pennsylvania, and first chief of police of Oil City, Pa. 35 real detective stories.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Furlong, Thomas, 1844- author.
- Series:
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
- Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detectives.
- Crime--United States.
- Crime.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (352 pages, 2 unnumbered pages) : illustrations, portraits.
- Distribution:
- St. Louis, Missouri : For sale by all reputable newsdealers, or can be obtained by addressing C.E. Barnett, [date of distribution not identified]
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1912]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases-- Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career which really began on September 14, 1862, when he was detailed from his company, (Company G., 1st Pennsylvania rifles, better known as the Pennsylvania Bucktails) for special service. Illustrated.
- Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
- OCLC:
- 502359908
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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