True Story of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency SIGNED John A Velke 2004 History ~ Crime ~ Matewan ~ Railroad Security ~ Hatfields & McCoys

Title: The True Story of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. With a Special Feature: The Guns of Baldwin-Felts

Author: John A. Velke III. Richard A. Mann II

Description: Inscribed by author on title page. Revised and expanded edition. Softcover. Fine, clean and unmarked. 16 pages of historic photographs and illustrations. 368 pages. 9 x 6 inches. A history of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. This revised edition also includes an added chapter, ''The Guns of Baldwin-Felts'' by Richard A. Mann II. Inscribed ''To Norm, / A true gentleman, / scholar, and friend. / John A. Velke III / May 21, 2008'' [ Norman David Moore, author of The Butch Cassidy and Gang Old West Photographic Finds of the Century].

Contents:

[I] The Detective.
[II] Railroad Detectives.
[III] Turn of the Century.
[IV] West Virginia Coal.
[V] Murders.
[VI] Brownsville, Texas.
[VII] The Hatfields McCoys.
[VIII] The Hillsville Shooting.
[IX] Paint Creek & Cabin Creek.
[X] Robberies & Assassinations.
[XI] Colorado Coalfields.
[XII] Seduction, etc.
[XIII] World War I.
[XIV] Matewan, West Virginia.
[XV] Secret Service & Shootings.
[XVI] More Railroading.
[XVII] White Lightning.
[XVIII] Frauds & Thefts.
[XIX] Potpourri.
[XX] The Gun of Baldwin-Felts.
Epilogue.
Appendices.
Endnotes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Binding: Softcover
Condition: Fine

Publisher: [published by author]
Year: 2004

ISBN: 0966433610

Keywords: detective agencies, private detectives, Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, history, true crime,