3 ms·

I learnt of the Pinkertons from the sherlock holmes stories, and being the young bookworm that I was, I imagined them as some premium american detective agency.

I learnt of the Pinkertons from the sherlock holmes stories, and being the young bookworm that I was, I imagined them as some premium american detective agency. Only later did I realize they were real and had a rather nasty reputation.

dingusdew 4y ago
[dead]
favorited 4y ago
I think that happened a few times with Sherlock Holmes. IIRC, A Study in Scarlet was basically the first time the average British reader heard of Mormons.