America's Sherlock Holmes : the legacy of William Burns /: the legacy of William Burns. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Front-page detective
• Further Information: Note: William R. Hunt.
• Authors: Hunt, William R
• Contents: The amateur detective -- The secret service -- The land grabbers -- The boodlers of San Francisco -- Red sky over Los Angeles -- Going after Darrow -- The shame of the cities -- Front-page detective -- Agents provocateur -- Trouble in Georgia -- Dubious means -- Bombs away -- Top cop -- Department of easy virtue -- Last scandal -- Tarnished fame -- Sherlock Holmes in New York.
• Publisher Details: Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.28/9092; Private investigators -- United States -- Biography; Private investigators; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; United States; Biography; Biographies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493040322; 1493040324
• Related ISBNs: 9781493040315; 1493040316
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.