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Stealing Lincoln's body
By Craughwell, Thomas J.
- ISBN
- 978-0-67402-458-8
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
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Reviewed on March 1, 2007
Craughwell (Saints Behaving Badly: The Cutthroats, Crooks, Trollops, Con Men, and Devil-Worshippers Who Became Saints ) investigates the 1876 attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body from Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, IL. On the night of the presidential election, three men with criminal records as counterfeiters sought to break into the Lincoln Monument. The plan was to then hold the body for ransom, but Secret Service detective Patrick Tyrrell had been tipped off and thwarted the plot, ca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
