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America's Sherlock Holmes
William R. Hunt
其他書名
The Legacy of William Burns
出版
Globe Pequot Press
, 2019
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
History / United States / 20th Century
Reference / Personal & Private Investigations
True Crime / General
ISBN
1493040316
9781493040315
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Fu5rugEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
William Burns is best known as 'America's Sherlock Holmes' and became director at the Bureau of Investigation, to be immediately followed by J. Edgar Hoover. But before he became director, Burns had a long, highly publicized career as a government detective for the Secret Service, then as the head of the famed Burns International Detective Agency, which he founded after leaving government service. These successes encouraged Burns to start his own agency and he successfully competed with his hated rival, the Pinkerton Detective Agency. He was a public hero for many years (except among labor union men who remembered his questionable tactics in the notorious McNamara case involving the bombing of the Los Angeles Times). But to the general populace, he was a white knight protecting the public interest until he disgraced his government office.