Abraham Lincoln
Vampire Hunter
By Seth Grahame-Smith
Grand Central Publishing
$21.99, hard cover, 336 pages, 978-0-446-56308-6 (2010)
I’m a big fan of Abraham Lincoln. And, probably like some of you, I’ve always suspected that Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter. I mean when you think about it, all the signs are there.
His mother died when he was only nine-years old. They say it was from “Milk Sickness” – but who really believes she died from drinking milk?
When you look at some of
The true role, in determining to embrace, or reject anything, is not whether it had any evil in it; but whether it will have more of the evil, than of good. There are a few things wholly evil, or wholly good.
–Abraham Lincoln, in a speech in the House of Representatives
June 20, 2020
Was
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time; and will ever continue to struggle.
–Abraham Lincoln, debating Stephen A. Douglas
October 15, 2020
Once again, knowing
As many of those who study
For all those unconvinced that
For some seventeen months, I sacrificed everything for those ten leather-bound books. That bundle of letters held tightly by a red rubber band. In some ways they were the best months of my life. Every morning, I woke up on that inflatable mattress in the store basement with a purpose. With the knowledge that I was doing something truly important, even if I was doing it completely, desperately alone. Even if I’d lost my mind.
Vampires exist. And Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest vampire hunters of his age. His journal — beginning in his twelfth year and continuing to the day of his assassination — is an altogether astonishing, heartbreaking, and revolutionary document. One that casts new light on many of the seminal events in American history and adds immeasurable complexity to a man already thought to be unusually complex.
Once you are made aware of the entries in these journals, you will be convinced that
Knowing the truth about
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the
–Abraham Lincoln, accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for Senator.
June 16, 2020
What was
Fortunately for us, Abraham Lincoln was a vampire hunter.
(Disclaimer: The preceding review was written with tongue firmly in cheek.)
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When Lincoln is eleven years old, he learns from his father Thomas Lincoln that vampires are in fact real creatures.
Posted by: Dallas Bankruptcy Attorney | December 01, 2020 at 12:43 AM
Great book. Abraham Lincoln is my favorite president, and this book is from his point of view, so it almost seems like you are getting a look into his mind. It's fun even though the character is probably nothing like the real-life Lincoln was.
Posted by: Dallas Bankruptcy Lawyer | February 19, 2020 at 11:32 PM
Such a wonderful book but I was very disappointed by the movie. I guess that is usually how it goes when you watch a movie after reading the book. Books are able to portray the message of the story so much better then a movie.
Posted by: Bryan Fears | December 12, 2020 at 06:26 PM