Stealing Lincolnâ s Body

"Craughwell offers an entertaining account of one of the stranger incidents in American history." - Publishers Weekly "Summoning the raw spirit of crime novels and horror stories, as well as the forensic detail of a coroner's inquest, Thomas J. Craughwell has turned the eerie final chapter of the Lincoln story into a guilty pleasure." - Harold Holzer, Washington Post Book World "Thomas J. Craughwell has rescued this bizarre episode from the dustbin of history... It does more than simply retell a forgotten story; it sheds new light on the incident, thanks to the long-neglected original handwritten reports of Patrick Tyrrell, the Secret Service agent who handled the case... Craughwell tells the story in a work that is sometimes morbid and creepy, but never less than fascinating." - Eric Fettmann, New York Post"