DVD
Stealing Lincoln's body
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Narrator, Jonathan Adams.
Publication Information
[United States] : A&E Home Video ; Distributed by New Video, [2009]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
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.
Notes
Documentary.
Subjects
- Grave robbing > Illinois > Springfield > History > 19th century.
- Crime and the press > United States > History > 19th century.
- Grave robbing > United States > History > 19th century.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting > United States > History > 19th century.
- Irish American criminals > History > 19th century.
- Historical television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Tomb.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Family.