The Revelations of a Private Detective ©1868
Here's a copy of an advertisement for the above story with other detective stories listed.
Chapter Five of Major Joshua is a chapter on the life of the character as a private detective. 1894
Chapter Seven of Sealed Orders is the chapter on a private detective. 1886
Thirty Years A Detective by Allan Pinkerton ©1884
The Adventures of a United States Detective ©1876
Traced and Tracked; or Memoirs of a City Detective ©1884
Hands Up; Or Twenty Years a Detective ©1882
There are many more volumes you can find in Google books if you wish to search further and within your time frame.
Thanks, Lynn, this is a helpful post. Good information. I've always been a little intrigued by the Pinkerton Detective Agency. In research for a book I was writing that takes place in Sacramento, I came across advertisements in the microfiche of the local newspaper. These are nice sites you've given.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Elizabeth. There are many other sources. When I was researching for my first St. Augustine novel, "Winning the Captain's Heart." I discovered some French novels that were written at the time which I used for my heroine's driving force to investigate. Naturally she shouldn't have been but hey that's what we as authors do.
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