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Stealing Lincoln's Body / Thomas J. CRAUGHWELL.

CRAUGHWELL, Thomas J., author.
2009
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Title
Stealing Lincoln's Body / Thomas J. CRAUGHWELL.
Author
CRAUGHWELL, Thomas J., author.
ISBN
9780674029972
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029972
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2007
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.4159/9780674029972 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7092
Summary
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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Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Prologue: "Lay My Remains in Some Quiet Place"
1. The World of the Counterfeiters
2. Big Jim Kennally's Big Idea
3. The Boss Body Snatchers of Chicago
4. "The Devils Are Up Here"
5. The Body in the Basement
6. "The Tools of Smarter Men"
7. The Lincoln Guard of Honor
8. A Pullman-Style Burial
Epilogue: Safe and Secure at Last
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