Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
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When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the "milk sickness." Only later did he learn that his mother's deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect on Abe's father's unfortunate debts.
When the truth became known to the young Abraham Lincoln, he wrote in his journal: henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become learned in all things--a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose."
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for reuniting the North with the South and abolishing slavery from our country, no one has ever understood his valiant fight for what it really was. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time--all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War, and uncovering the massive role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the "milk sickness." Only later did he learn that his mother's deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect on Abe's father's unfortunate debts.
When the truth became known to the young Abraham Lincoln, he wrote in his journal: henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become learned in all things--a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose."
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for reuniting the North with the South and abolishing slavery from our country, no one has ever understood his valiant fight for what it really was. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time--all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War, and uncovering the massive role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
Not your typical vampire story. He does an excellent job of mixing fiction with historical fact. Kind of a different twist on this time in US history.
Lumbermoose gave me this book to use for a bookbox. I haven't read it. This book is reserved for Perryfran's Horror/SciFi/Fantasy/Paranormal VBB.
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How did a Sooner fan land in SEC country? I must say that after last weekend I've seen enough of OU for awhile. :)
Thanks for the RABCK, JennyC! I look forward to reading this as it seems a different take on the Abe Lincoln story.
Thanks for the RABCK, JennyC! I look forward to reading this as it seems a different take on the Abe Lincoln story.
Excellent novel which combines vampire lore and alternative history and comes up with a hugely entertaining concept. Much of this is well-researched history with just a tiny tweak to fit in the vampire angle. Lincoln's defining moment comes early in his life when his beloved mother dies of a mysterious illness. He later finds out that this was not the first time that vampires have affected the course of his life. He soon encounters the mysterious Henry Sturgis, a vampire who is appalled by how vampires in the South are using slaves as their food source. Henry implores Abe to 'judge us not equally' and becomes his mentor and directs his political career from behind the scenes. He selects Lincoln because 'some men are too interesting to die.' It is a fun concept, well written and totally plausible (well, except maybe the vampire part ).
Quotes to remember:
On arriving as a senator in Washington: Abe had come expecting a gleaming metropolis filled with men of the "finest minds and dedicated to the service of their constituents." What he found were "a few brilliant beacons in a fog of fools."
On grief: Let me wake at last from this nightmare...this brief, meaningless nightmare of loss and struggle. Of endless sacrifice. All that I love waits on the other side of death. Let me find the courage to open my eyes at last.
Giving to a friend at work then will release
Quotes to remember:
On arriving as a senator in Washington: Abe had come expecting a gleaming metropolis filled with men of the "finest minds and dedicated to the service of their constituents." What he found were "a few brilliant beacons in a fog of fools."
On grief: Let me wake at last from this nightmare...this brief, meaningless nightmare of loss and struggle. Of endless sacrifice. All that I love waits on the other side of death. Let me find the courage to open my eyes at last.
Giving to a friend at work then will release
