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Stealing Lincoln's Body.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029972
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Stealing Lincoln's BodyDDC classification:
  • 973.7092
LOC classification:
  • E457
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations follow p. 180.
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. 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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Intro -- 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 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations follow p. 180.

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. 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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