Stealing Lincoln's Body / / Thomas J. CRAUGHWELL.
On the night of the 1876 presidential election, a gang of counterfeiters attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. Craughwell returns to this bizarre, and largely forgotten, event with the first book to place the grave robbery in historical context. Thi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Contents -- |t Prologue: "Lay My Remains in Some Quiet Place" -- |t 1. The World of the Counterfeiters -- |t 2. Big Jim Kennally's Big Idea -- |t 3. The Boss Body Snatchers of Chicago -- |t 4. "The Devils Are Up Here" -- |t 5. The Body in the Basement -- |t 6. "The Tools of Smarter Men" -- |t 7. The Lincoln Guard of Honor -- |t 8. A Pullman-Style Burial -- |t Epilogue: Safe and Secure at Last -- |t Notes -- |t Bibliography -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a On the night of the 1876 presidential election, a gang of counterfeiters attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. Craughwell returns to this bizarre, and largely forgotten, event with the first book to place the grave robbery in historical context. This rousing story of hapless con men, intrepid federal agents, and ordinary Springfield citizens offers an unusual glimpse into late-nineteenth-century America. | ||
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