LINCOLN'S GRAVE ROBBERS
Steve Sheinkin
Scholastic
2012
Available: paperback, Kindle, hard
cover, audible, audio
This is a non fiction true crime story about the attempt to steal
Abraham Lincoln's body in 1875-76.The story begins with Secret Service agents
arresting Ben Boyd who was a skilled counterfeiter, possibly the best. With him
in jail, it seems that his criminal cohorts are doomed without him. Members of
his counterfeiting ring want him out of jail. They meet and come up with what
they think is a foolproof plan.
