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On the night of the 1876 presidential election, a gang of counterfeiters attempted to steal the entombed embalmed body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. 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 hapless con men, intrepid federal agents, and ordinary Springfield citizens offers an unusual glimpse into late-nineteenth-century America.

Grave robbing --- Crime and the press --- Counterfeits and counterfeiting --- Irish American criminals --- Coining, Illicit --- Counterfeit money --- Counterfeiting of money --- Illicit coining --- Forgery --- Money --- Grave robbery --- Robbing graves --- Theft --- Crime --- Crime reporting (Journalism) --- Press and crime --- Trial reporting --- Trials --- Trials in the press --- Press --- Free press and fair trial --- Criminals, Irish American --- Criminals --- History --- Press coverage --- Lincoln, Abraham, --- Linkŭln, Abrakham, --- Linkolʹn, Avraam, --- Linkūln, Ibrāhīm, --- Linkan, ʼAbrehām, --- Lincoln, A. --- Lin-kʻen, --- Linken, --- Lin, Kʻen, --- Lingkʻŏn, --- Lincoln, Abe, --- Liṅkan, Ēbrāhaṃ, --- Liṅkan, Abrahāṃ, --- לינקאלין, --- לינקאלן, אייברעהעם, --- לינקולן, אברהם --- 林肯, --- Liṅkana, Ābrāhama, --- Tomb. --- Family.