Stealing Lincoln's Body
A book worth your time
On the night of the presidential election in 1876, a gang of counterfeiters attempted to steal the entombed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. The custodian of the tomb was so shaken by the incident that he willingly dedicated the rest of his life to protecting the president's corpse. In a lively and dramatic narrative, Thomas J. 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 con men, federal agents, and ordinary Springfield citizens underscores that truth really is sometimes stranger than fiction.
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