02162cam a2200373 i 4500 426156160 TxAuBib 20200526120000.0 120608s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780545552547 school market 0545552540 school market (OCoLC)795009454 TxAuBib rda Sheinkin, Steve. Lincoln's grave robbers / Steve Sheinkin. New York : Scholastic Press, 2012. 214 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Accelerated Reader Level: 6.6 Reader Points: 5.0. Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. 930 Lexile. 20200526. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865 Tomb Juvenile literature. United States Secret Service History 19th century Juvenile literature. 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. History. Juvenile works.