Lincoln's grave robbers /
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic Press, c2012.Description: 214 p. : ill., ports, plans ; 22 cmISBN:- 0545405726
- 9780545405720
- 9780545552547 (school market)
- 0545552540 (school market)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Tomb -- Juvenile literature
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Tomb
- United States. Secret Service -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- United States. Secret Service -- History -- 19th century
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Grave robbing -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- Body snatching -- Illinois -- Springfield -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
- 973.7 23
- E457.52 .S54 2012
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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JF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Fiction | J SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 34517000482888 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.
Prologue : midnight escape -- The operative -- The pull -- Coney Men vs. the Secret Service -- Big Jim -- First try -- Boodle game -- Prince of ropers -- The trap -- Last details -- Overnight train -- Election Day -- Night at the monument -- Devilish work -- Search begins -- Back to the hub -- Gathering evidence -- Compromise verdict -- Epilogue : final resting place? -- Body snatcher bonus section.
A dramatic account of the 1875 attempt to steal the 16th president's body describes how a counterfeiting ring plotted to ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of their imprisoned ringleader and how a fledgling Secret Service and an undercover agent conducted a daring election-night sting operation.
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