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Sheinkin, Steve.
Lincoln's grave robbers /
Steve Sheinkin.
New York :
Scholastic Press,
2012.
214 pages :
illustrations, portraits, plans ;
22 cm.
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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.
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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.