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Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective
by Marissa Moss
I have a terrible confession.
I am nearly 45-years-old and, until this book, I though the Pinkerton Detective Agency was a work of fiction.
I mean, I knew Allan Pinkerton was real but I guess I'd always assumed his story was so fascinating that some writer at some point made up a fictional detective agency around him.
As it turns out, I was wrong.
I have shame.
But at least I know, now, right?
Anyway, this is less a biography about Kate Warne, first female detective in America, and more a look at how she solved her first case and was hired-on, full-time, with the agency.
It's terribly interesting but it doesn't quite flow, story-wise. I guess it's probably hard to sum up Kate's first case in a kid's book and I'm sure that's why there were a few places I felt confusion but whatever. This will be a fun read for kids who are beginning to show signs of enjoying detective and mystery stories as well as for anyone who wants to know more about what women were up to while history books were featuring mostly men.
I am nearly 45-years-old and, until this book, I though the Pinkerton Detective Agency was a work of fiction.
I mean, I knew Allan Pinkerton was real but I guess I'd always assumed his story was so fascinating that some writer at some point made up a fictional detective agency around him.
As it turns out, I was wrong.
I have shame.
But at least I know, now, right?
Anyway, this is less a biography about Kate Warne, first female detective in America, and more a look at how she solved her first case and was hired-on, full-time, with the agency.
It's terribly interesting but it doesn't quite flow, story-wise. I guess it's probably hard to sum up Kate's first case in a kid's book and I'm sure that's why there were a few places I felt confusion but whatever. This will be a fun read for kids who are beginning to show signs of enjoying detective and mystery stories as well as for anyone who wants to know more about what women were up to while history books were featuring mostly men.