When the corpse of President Abraham Lincoln was stolen, the thieves were demanding the release of a counterfeiter, and $200,000 ransom money. As the pursuit began, the train on which the body was being transported was held up by the James gang.
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Veteran western author Champlin's latest effort is based on a real-life event. In 1876, a gang of counterfeiters led by one James Kinealy stole Abe Lincoln's remains from a Springfield, Illinois, mausoleum, hoping to trade the dead president for cash and a live engraver doing time in Joliet. One of Kinealy's fellow grave robbers is Sterling Packard, a secret-service agent planted to foil the audacious plot. Packard's trap fails, and a bizarre adventure ensues. In the course of moving the body, the baddies get involved with everyone from Thomas "Boston" Corbett, the itinerant preacher who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, to Jesse James' gang. This is an entertaining romp for western fans young and old. Budd Arthur
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I love to read any Tim Champlin story because of the great effort he puts into all his writing--real facts about real happenings! His research cannot be exceeded!!!
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