Stealing Lincoln's Body

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Stealing Lincoln's Body is written by Thomas J. CRAUGHWELL and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674029976 (ISBN 10) and 9780674029972 (ISBN 13).

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.