A slight aside, but Pinkertons feature in at least one
Sherlock Holmes story. The Valley of Fear has as its hero one
Birdy Edwards, who breaks up the evil Scourers of the
Vermissa Valley before fleeing to England. Could this be an
acceptable way of writing up the agency's strike breaking
activities? I'm pretty sure that they also appear in another,
and asking Watson to reach out a long arm for the index I
read that they appear in The Red Circle, on the trail of an
Italian-American secret society, presumably Mafia based? I
don't think Doyle wrote American characters or plots all that
well and I do wonder if Holmes' often-voiced enthusiasm for
all things US may have been a marketing ploy on Doyles'
part.
I have digressed long enough. Keep well all. Colin
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