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Stealing Lincoln's body / Thomas J. Craughwell.
Van Pelt Library E457.52 .C73 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Craughwell, Thomas J., 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Tomb.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Grave robbing--Illinois--Springfield--History--19th century.
- Grave robbing.
- Crime and the press--United States--History--19th century.
- Crime and the press.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Family.
- Families.
- Grave robbing--United States--History--19th century.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting--United States--History--19th century.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
- Irish American criminals--History--19th century.
- Irish American criminals.
- History.
- United States.
- Illinois--Springfield.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 250 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters attempted to steal the entombed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. This rousing story of con men, federal agents, and ordinary Springfield citizens underscores that truth really is sometimes stranger than fiction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674024583
- 9780674024588
- OCLC:
- 74354084
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