The Molly Maguires and the Detectives: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Molly Maguires and the Detectives, credited to Allan Pinkerton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Molly Maguires and the Detectives by Allan Pinkerton. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. The Molly Maguires were a clandestine group of Irish immigrants, particularly active in Liverpool and the Eastern US, especially Pennsylvania. They worked to improve conditions of coal miners, and were not averse to vandalism and violence, including the murder of mine owners in an effort to reach that end. They were infiltrated by the famous Pinkerton Detectives, and here Allan Pinkerton recounts the story of their involvement (Summary by LynneT)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Molly Maguires and the Detectives
• Author credits: Allan Pinkerton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 51
• Listed recording duration: 19:44:04

Catalogue topics

• murder
• mining
• social unrest
• workers' rights

Opening tracks: first 24 of 51

1. 00 - Preface — 5:21
2. 01 - An Extraordinary Proposition — 21:13
3. 02 - The Man for the Work — 13:22
4. 03 - The Detective seeks the Haunts of the Mollies — 22:36
5. 04 - Stirring up a Wasp’s Nest — 30:16
6. 05 - Cold Comfort in the Mountains — 22:08
7. 06 - Pottsville and the Sheridan House — 16:13
8. 07 - Bloody Record of the Mollie Maguires — 14:44
9. 08 - The Detective Sings, Fights, and Dances Himself into Popularity — 19:52
10. 09 - Dormer under Investigation — 22:05
11. 10 - Father Bridgeman gives Jack Kehoe a Blast — 27:25
12. 11 - A Kilkenny Affair at Tamaqua — 16:57
13. 12 - McKenna meets a Morning Adventure — 19:58
14. 13 - Muff Lawler at Home — 21:50
15. 14 - The Detective achieves a Victory — 25:40
16. 15 - More Work of the Mollies — 23:38
17. 16 - A Rough Journey and a Thrilling Adventure — 27:11
18. 17 - A Peculiar Wedding Ceremony — 29:04
19. 18 - A Row, a Removal, and a Raffle — 37:00
20. 19 - Snared by Kate—Honored by “Mollie.” — 26:06
21. 20 - A Fright, a Fight, and a Funeral — 29:10
22. 21 - Contest with a Constable — 18:46
23. 22 - Horrors upon Horrors — 20:13
24. 23 - Good Old Micky Cuff — 21:51

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