The author has focused on an all-but-forgotten event from 1876, when a group of Chicago counterfeiters attempted to steal the body of Abraham Lincoln and hold it for ransom. The book is full of entertaining sidelights, including the establishment of the Secret Service, the art of early embalming, and the beginnings of an Irish criminal class. An interesting topic, full of savory tidbits.
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