Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

Title:

Lincoln's grave robbers / Steve Sheinkin.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

214 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans ; 22 cm

Summary:

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.

Target Audience Note:

930 Lexile.

Subjects:

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.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Other Title:

Beehive informational book award nominee, 2014-2015.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and index.

Lone Star Reading List, 2014

Contents:

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.

LCCN:

2012046924

ISBN:

0545405726

9780545552547

0545552540

9780605591103

0605591105

* 9780545405713 (pbk.)

* 0545405718 (pbk.)

0545405726

9780545405720

Other Number:

795009454

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

347224

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

j 973.7092 Sheinkin