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050 1 4 _aE457.52
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082 0 4 _a973.7
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100 1 _aSheinkin, Steve,
_eauthor.
_916354
245 1 0 _aLincoln's grave robbers /
260 _aNew York :
_bScholastic Press,
_cc2012.
300 _a214 p. :
_bill., ports, plans ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.
505 0 _aPrologue : 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.
520 _aA 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.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xTomb
_vJuvenile literature.
_939845
600 1 1 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xTomb.
_939846
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bSecret Service
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vJuvenile literature.
_939847
610 1 1 _aUnited States.
_bSecret Service
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_939848
650 0 _aCounterfeits and counterfeiting
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vJuvenile literature.
_939849
650 0 _aGrave robbing
_zIllinois
_zSpringfield
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vJuvenile literature.
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650 0 _aBody snatching
_zIllinois
_zSpringfield
_xHistory
_y19th century
_vJuvenile literature.
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