Stealing Lincoln's body [videorecording]
produced by LEFT/RIGHT for A & E Television Networks ; executive producers, Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver ; producer, Frank Koughan ; director, Trey Nelson ; produced by Kevin Vargas ; executive producer for History, Carl H. Lindahl.
- [New York] : A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, [2009]
- 1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Documentary.
A band of Chicago counterfeiters hatched a plot to steal the President's body from its tomb outside Springfield, Illinois, and hold it for a ransom of $200,000. The story shows how important this beloved President remained to public so unprepared for his violent death in 1865.
1422937356 9781422937358
733961154726
AAAE154720 A&E Home Video
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Tomb.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Family.
Grave robbing--History--Illinois--Springfield--19th century.
Crime and the press--History--United States--19th century.
Grave robbing--History--United States--19th century.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting--History--United States--19th century.
Irish American criminals--History--19th century.
973.7092 Ste 35
Documentary.
A band of Chicago counterfeiters hatched a plot to steal the President's body from its tomb outside Springfield, Illinois, and hold it for a ransom of $200,000. The story shows how important this beloved President remained to public so unprepared for his violent death in 1865.
1422937356 9781422937358
733961154726
AAAE154720 A&E Home Video
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Tomb.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Family.
Grave robbing--History--Illinois--Springfield--19th century.
Crime and the press--History--United States--19th century.
Grave robbing--History--United States--19th century.
Counterfeits and counterfeiting--History--United States--19th century.
Irish American criminals--History--19th century.
973.7092 Ste 35