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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter |  | Author: Seth Grahame-Smith
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  181 reviews
Sales Rank: 2097
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 336
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1
ISBN: 0446563080
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780446563086
ASIN: 0446563080
Publication Date: March 2, 2010
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Product Description
Grahame-Smith's revision of a Jane Austen classic blew readers' minds and became an instant national bestseller. Now, the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" tackles one of America's greatest presidents.
Amazon.com Review
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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A pretty darn good book and a very interesting read September 10, 2010
Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA)
This is the secret history of Abraham Lincoln, the man who liberated Americans from the greatest scourge that it has ever known - vampires! In this book, the author takes the story of Abraham Lincoln's life and reworks his life so tell how it might have been if vampires were real. Or perhaps...they are.
Overall, I must say that I have mixed feelings about this book. The author tells a good story with a lot of action and horror. The characters are interesting and believable, and the author really catches the time. But, in taking such a great man, and using him as a character in a strange book, does he cheapen his legacy? I don't know. Perhaps. In certain ways, I do wish that they author had not used old Abe.
But, nonetheless, it is a pretty darn good book, and a very interesting read.
 GREAT! September 8, 2010
V. Harrison
Well written with a great deal of cleverness to intertwine actual fact with fiction. Love it!
 Not a bad read. September 5, 2010
Reacher Creature (Rochester)
THe plot is pretty simple. Good ole' Abe had a secret life: He was a vampire hunter/slayer. Mind you he'd no Buffy, but he can hold his own against the walking undead, and he did a pretty good job of it.
Overall, this was a pretty good read. Good, but not great and not bad either. It did have a few drawbacks for me. The biggest and thing that bugged the bejesus out of me was the author's writing style. It annoys me to no end what authors use parentheses. It just urks's the crap out of me. I find no reason to use them, and it adds nothing. Here's an example, mind you it wasn't in the book, but just an example of what I'm talking about:
I had lunch with a friend (I had the chicken salad and it was so yummy, and I was such a pig!!) and we had a good time.
See what I mean. what I put in the parentheses is useless information and it doesn't add anything, in fact, it slows the plot down. I guess that's my biggest drawback form the book.
Now, that being said, the book did have a lot going for it. We see a lot of historical figures, good and not so good in the book. Some of them were slayer and others vampires. I just thought it was a nice touch. I had to chuckle when Abe killed a banker that was a vampire, and his father wasn't that pleased. The father said, " You know that will bring more vampires!" Abe replied, "Then I guess I better make more stakes." How classic is that? I loved that part.
The author did his research, then he had fun with it to make it his own. Overall, it held my attention and I was glad that I read it. If you read it, you have to take it for what it's worth; a fun read. It may not be historical accurate at times. I had no problems with that. If you want to read a Biography, then you need to read a different book. If you want to read an entertaining book that will help pass the time and get a few chuckles, then this is for you.
Abe isn't Buffy, but not far off the mark.
A surprising book August 29, 2010
J. D. Litwiller (Mars)
My son practically begged me to read this book. I finally promised I would, and decided to give it a try in a period of ennui. The first chapter intrigued me, and by the second I was hooked, and finished the book in a single day. Both of my parents came from Illinois, and we made frequent visits there in my childhood. To see the familiar features of Central Illinois - the Sangamon River, New Salem, Decatur and Springfield - in their rightful place historically yet haunted by the undead was fascinating. I highly recommend this book!
Surprisingly Entertaining August 27, 2010
JAC (Austin, Texas United States)
Much, much better than you would imagine. The author skillfully interweaves historical information on Abraham Lincoln with a surprisingly entertaining fictional tale of vampire hunting in the early to mid 1800s. You'll find yourself questioning how well you know history by the end.
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