Stealing Lincoln's body

Stealing Lincoln's body [electronic resource] / Thomas J. Craughwell.

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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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Main Author: Craughwell, Thomas J., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Tomb.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Family.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Grave robbing > Illinois > Springfield > History > 19th century.
Crime and the press > United States > History > 19th century.
Grave robbing > United States > History > 19th century.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting > United States > History > 19th century.
Irish American criminals > History > 19th century.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
Crime and the press.
Families.
Grave robbing.
Irish American criminals.
Tombs.
Illinois > Springfield.
United States.
History.

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Call Number: E457.52 .C73 2007eb
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