Identify Of Books Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter #1)
| Title | : | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter #1) |
| Author | : | Seth Grahame-Smith |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | March 2nd 2010 by Grand Central Publishing (first published February 16th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Horror. Paranormal. Vampires |
Seth Grahame-Smith
Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.7 | 126004 Users | 12302 Reviews
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Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness.""My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.
When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret 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 role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
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| Original Title: | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |
| ISBN: | 0446563080 (ISBN13: 9780446563086) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter #1 |
| Characters: | Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, Mary Todd Lincoln, Henry Sturges |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Paranormal Fantasy (2010) |
Rating Of Books Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter #1)
Ratings: 3.7 From 126004 Users | 12302 ReviewsEvaluation Of Books Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter #1)
Here I go again...braving the waters of controversy in a skiff of electrons.... I know a lot of you like this book, some of you like it immensely. It caught my eye because (let's face it) this is less than usual subject matter. I suppose I expected the topic to be dealt with in a somewhat tongue and cheek manner. I'm not familiar Seth Grahame-Smith's other work, none of the others caught my interest. I'm not, after all a Jane Austen fan and I am relatively conservative, so his prior works justOkay. Having seen the title, how can I not read this? It's too wonderfully weird and silly not to read. And what makes it work for me even more is...having seen a very serious catalog of American antiques (they specialise in Civil War-era items) that listed as from St.-Louis 1856 a boxed (patented! Dr. Someone's!) anti-vampire kit (two pistols, bullet mould, silver bullets, ivory cross that converts to a stake, vial of holy water, small mirror) for approx. $2500...I have to read this book. It
Allow me to a little-known history book, starring Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. (Am I the only one who gets chills??)Abraham Lincoln was a little more than a child when his mother passed due to a mysterious illness. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, her death was due to a vengeful vampire. Abraham does what any sensible child would've done - pledged himself wholly and completely to eradicating the entire world of vampires. As expected, plenty of heads rolled and bodies dismembered -
A few years ago, when all the books of this ilk first began to be released, I swore I would not give in to the fad. At first this was rather easy, because I am not the sort of person who is generally inclined to read Pride and Prejudice either with or without zombies. I have far too much sense to give in to Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters, or so I liked to think. At the very least, there were already far too many books to read on my list for me to add on some cheap Victorian retreads.
If it's your tendency to roll your eyes at literary mashups such as Jane Slayer and Android Karenina, then I bet they rolled back into your head when what seems to be an affront to the greatest president in American history was published: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Mine certainly did, and I'm a fan of Lincoln and vampires. However, Seth Grahame-Smith, who also wrote Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, did extensive research into Lincoln and the politics and culture of Lincoln's time and he
FINALLY, A VAMPIRE BOOK THAT'S NOT ABOUT SEXUALLY FRUSTRATED NECROPHILIAC TEENAGERS! I'M NOW ONE HAPPY MOTHERFUCKER.
3.0 stars. This book was a better read (or rather listen) then I was expecting when I first started the book. What I thought was going to be a "light-hearted" and almost humorous vampire story actually turned out to be a fairly compelling read that interweaves and connects the battle to end slavery with the battle to destroy vampires. I think if you go into the story without any preconceptions, you will have a pretty good time with it. I also thought that the last line of the book was worth half
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