Lincoln's Ransom: A Western Story (Five Star First Edition Western Series)

by Tim Champlin

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It was the crime of the century. On July 4, 1876 President Abraham Lincoln's corpse was stolen from its mausoleum by a group calling themselves "The Coney Men." Their demand? The release of Ben Boyd, an engraver of counterfeit money plates, from prison, and a two hundred thousand dollars ransom. The crime should have been subverted by a Secret Service agent who had infiltrated the gang of counterfeiters, but it didn't work out that way. Based on actual historical occurrence, Lincoln's Ransom show more is a great story of intrigue, suspense and romance. show less

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Fiction and Literature, Historical Fiction, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3553 .H265 .L5Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-

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