Download or read book Lincoln s Grave Robbers Scholastic Focus written by Steve Sheinkin and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true crime thriller -- the first book for teens to tell the nearly unknown tale of the brazen attempt to steal Abraham Lincoln's body. Reissued in Scholastic Focus, with an exciting new cover. The action begins in October of 1875, as Secret Service agents raid the Fulton, Illinois, workshop of master counterfeiter Ben Boyd. Soon after Boyd is hauled off to prison, members of his counterfeiting ring gather in the back room of a smoky Chicago saloon to discuss how to spring their ringleader. Their plan: grab Lincoln's body from its Springfield tomb, stash it in the sand dunes near Lake Michigan, and demand, as a ransom, the release of Ben Boyd -- and $200,000 in cash. From here, the action alternates between the conspirators, the Secret Service agents on their trail, and the undercover agent moving back and forth between them. Along the way readers get glimpses into the inner workings of counterfeiting, grave robbing, detective work, and the early days of the Secret Service. The plot moves toward a wild climax as robbers and lawmen converge at Lincoln's tomb on election night: November 7, 1876.A dynamic and thrilling tale from critically acclaimed author Steve Sheinkin.
Download or read book The Grave Robber s Secret written by Anna Myers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Philadelphia in the early 19th centry, Robby Hare's father forces him to help with an unthinkable task-robbing newly filled graves of their contents to sell to the medical college. Despite his interest in the doctor's research, Robby swears never to rob another grave, even if his mother relies on the money they bring in. When William Burke and his daughter, Martha, come to live at their boarding house, Robby's father becomes caught in a broader web of evil. Could his father and Burke be murdering people to provide bodies for medical science? Determined to expose their scheme, Robby must be brave enough to enter the graveyard one more time.
Download or read book Body Snatching written by Suzanne M. Shultz and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-02-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also called "resurrectionists," body snatchers, were careful not to take anything from the grave but the body--stealing only the corpse was not considered a felony since the courts had already said that a dead body had no owner. ("Burking"--i.e., murder--was the alternative method of supplying "stiffs" to medical schools; it is covered here as well). This book recounts the practice of grave robbing for the medical education of American medical students and physicians during the late 1700s and 1800s in the US, why body snatching came about and how disinterment was done, and presents information on: efforts to prevent the practice, a group of professional grave robbers, and the European experience.
Download or read book Shockingly Close to the Truth written by James W. Moseley and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors recount their decades of UFO research, offering their views on controversial topics including government cover-ups and alien abductions.
Download or read book Grave Robbing Legends written by Ba ChiJing and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-08 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange jade thumb ring brought out a piece of a dusty old story. The zombie incident that shook the whole country in 1995 sent me to Sichuan to look for clues about my missing fourth uncle. A loyal and hot-blooded brother, a good-for-nothing Old Cannon, and a mysterious and elegant girl formed the most mixed team in the history of tomb robbing. Exploring the thousand-year-old underground palace of ancient Shu for dim and fragrant corpse jade was like searching for layers and layers of calluses. Was the truth being stealthily guided by the mastermind behind the scenes, or was it the fate of rebirth keeping it a secret? Nine Prefectures Graveyard Event, I will take you on a dangerous and bizarre trip to steal tombs.
Download or read book Grave robbing notes written by Nan Pai SAN uncle and published by Devneybooks. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tomb Raiding Notes" is a tomb raiding novel written by Nan Pai Sanshu, which tells the story of Wu Xie, Zhang Qiling, Wang Fatty and other people who enter the tomb to explore. The series began to be serialized online in 2006, and was officially published in January 2007. On December 19, 2011, two books, "Tomb Raider 8 - The Finale (Part 1)" and "Tomb Raider 8 - The Finale (Part 2)", were released, selling more than 1 million copies in the first week. At this point, the "Tomb Raiding Notes" series has all ended, and a total of nine physical books have been published, with an average sales volume of more than one million, and a total sales volume of more than 12 million copies of the nine, becoming the representative of the three uncles of the Southern school.
Download or read book Grave robbing Treasure Legend written by Lao NaShiFaHai and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first time I stole a tomb, I actually dug out a fairy woman from the Donghan tomb. In order to break free from the shackles of fate, I will head south to the Northern Ocean, west to the Kunlun Mountains, and use an ancient "Heavenly Book" to enter the Netherworld, slay the Black White Spinach, and search for the truth that has been buried by the flood of history! One by one, the mysteries of the buddhist dao from a thousand years ago were revealed.
Download or read book Grave Robbing and Other Hobbies written by Jayce Carter and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A REVERSE HAREM PARANORMAL ROMANCE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAYCE CARTER Book one in the Grave Concerns series Ghosts, corpses and four hot men—what's a girl to do? Abandoned at three—whose parents want a kid who sees ghosts?—I learned the world is quick to punish misfits. I try my best to be a normal, boring human, but the call of the supernatural just won't be ignored. When a stranger shows up on my doorstep in the middle of the night, it's no sexy tryst. Instead, I'm off to the graveyard, digging up the corpse of a murder victim at the demand of the local vampire coven—and that small felony is just the start. The spirit of the woman has gone missing—something that shouldn't be possible—and everyone is looking to me for answers. There's Kase, a vampire who's both terrifying and secretive. Grant, a mage with a bad attitude and a lot of power. Troy, the possessive werewolf-detective next door and Hunter, a mysterious bad boy who isn't even close to human. It's a race not just against time but against everything to figure out where the spirits are going, who's behind it and if I can trust the men who now share my bed. And all because of a little grave robbing...
Download or read book Murdering to Dissect written by Tim Marshall and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Frankenstein appeared in 1818 it was well known that the medical profession lent silent support to the grave-robbing gangs who regulary sold the surgeons newly-buried bodies for dissection. This resurection trade led to the sensational Burke and Hare case, which revealed that the bodies of murder victims had been pased to the Edinburgh surgeon Dr Robert Knox with his connivance.
Download or read book Cavern of the Blood Zombies written by Lei Xu and published by ThingsAsian Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A grave robber searching for an ancient tomb instead finds a labyrinthine cavern full of dead bodies and must battle vampires, blood zombies, and corpse-eating bugs in order to escape.
Download or read book The Grave Robber s Secret written by Anna Myers and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Philadelphia in the 1800s, twelve-year-old Robbie is forced to help his father rob graves, then when he suspects his dad of murder, Robbie makes a life-changing decision.
Download or read book The Grave Digger written by Rebecca Bischoff and published by Amberjack Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1875 Ohio, twelve-year-old Cap Cooper is an aspiring inventor—and a reluctant graverobber—enlisted by his father to help pay for his mother's medical expenses. When one of the dead returns to life at his touch, Cap unearths a world of dark secrets that someone at the local medical school wants to keep buried. On the brink of discovery, he'll have to use every ounce of cunning he has to protect those he loves most and save his own skin. The Grave Digger is an eerie mystery set in the aftermath of the Civil War, filled with action, friendship, and a hint of the paranormal, perfect for those who enjoy reading late into the night and long after the lights go out.
Download or read book The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan written by Philip Kerr and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While volcanoes spew golden lava around the world, djinn twins John and Philippa, with their parents, Uncle Nimrod, and Groanin, face evil more powerful than ever before when they try to stop the wicked djinn trying to rob the grave of Genghis Khan.
Download or read book Angry Sea Hidden Sands written by Lei Xu and published by ThingsAsian Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Uncle Three's boat disappears in the South China Sea, Fats, Poker-face, and Uncle Three's nephew set out to search for him and find themselves battling monsters in a labyrinth where the rooms keep shifting, as they each wonder who they can trust.
Download or read book A Grave Robbery written by Deanna Raybourn and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn. Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty in the style of Madame Tussaud’s. But when Stoker goes to cut the mannequin open to insert the mechanism, he makes a gruesome discovery: this is no wax figure. The mannequin is the beautifully preserved body of a young woman who was once very much alive. But who would do such a dreadful thing, and why? Sleuthing out the answer to this question sets Veronica and Stoker on their wildest adventure yet. From the underground laboratories of scientists experimenting with electricity to resurrect the dead in the vein of Frankenstein to the traveling show where Stoker once toured as an attraction, the gaslit atmosphere of London in October is the perfect setting for this investigation into the unknown. Through it all, the intrepid pair is always one step behind the latest villain—a man who has killed once and will stop at nothing to recover the body of the woman he loved. Will they unmask him in time to save his next victim? Or will they become the latest figures to be immortalized in his collection of horrors?
Download or read book The Grave Robbers written by Stanley Mcqueen and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone's robbing graves in Muddy Fork and stealing the corpses' jewelry. Little Mitch has a plan to expose the thieves. A Muddy Fork story
Download or read book Bodies of Evidence written by Anne L. Grauer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995-05-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of contributors highlight advances made in paleopathology and demography through the analyses of historic cemeteries. These advancements include associations of documentary evidence with skeletal evaluations, insights into history gained through the use of skeletal analyses when no documentation exists and applications of new evaluative techniques. Provides a glimpse into the problems faced by researchers embarking on the excavation and/or analysis of historic human remains.
