• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

  • By: Seth Grahame-Smith
  • Narrated by: Scott Holst
  • Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (8,521 ratings)

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

By: Seth Grahame-Smith
Narrated by: Scott Holst
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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.

©2010 Seth Grahame-Smith (P)2010 Hachette Audio

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It was okay.

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It's not a bad book but I definitely wasn't enthralled like I thought I would be and I am pretty easily enthralled. The performance was well done.

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Very Clever!

I decided for me to make a distinction between a 5 star or 4 star rating would be when I enjoyed the audio version so much I purchase the hard copy to have on my bookshelf, and/or buy it for someone else as a gift. I enjoyed this book throughly but i am not buying it for my bookshelf.

I read Ronald White's biography "A. Lincoln" and several books about the Civil War. I found Grahame-Smith book to be unbelievable, believable. From the very start, the finding of Lincoln's diary, I was hooked. Grahame-Smith intertwines Lincoln's life and the Civil War into a very good and believable story.

I went on line to find out just how many of the characters, I did not recognize, are actually fictional. In the process of looking up "Henry Sturges", a main character in the book, I came across an excellent blog by Geoffrey Elliott. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Fact vs. Fiction. His blog provided me with all the information I was looking for. Of course it did cross my mind Elliott might be a Vampire and was therefore trying make Grahame-Smith's book look like fiction. :)

The narration by Scott Holst is perfect. I enjoy listening to him read it more than I would have enjoyed reading it myself. I will be reading more books he narrates.

This is really an excellent book. Definitely worth the money or credit.



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An interesting twist

I did like this book and listening to it added an interesting pull. The narrator made it sound like a mockumentary. I felt I was watching a story of his life on The History Channel. That definitely added a some intrigue.

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Great Story

What did you love best about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

This book is a wonderful mix of fact and fiction.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Abraham Lincoln and Henry are both my favorites.

Which character ??? as performed by Scott Holst ??? was your favorite?

Scott did a Henry so well that you could picture him each time he spoke.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I cried when the Lincoln's boys died knowing it was a real part of their story and the grief they must of felt.

Any additional comments?

This is the first book of Grahame-Smith's that I have read, but I will be reading more. He does an extrodinary job of blending fact and fiction that it draws you in and almost makes you believe it is all real.

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Amazing fiction blended seamlessly with reality!

If you could sum up Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in three words, what would they be?

Believable, Enjoyable, Different.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Abraham Lincoln of course. I have always been a minor history buff and Lincoln was one of my favorites. This book made his alter ego , Vampire Hunting a very believable possibility blending it seamlessly with actual events and timelines in his life. Additional his character is no longer the Honest Abe as always portrayed but a dark and trouble man tormented by vampires and living a life of lies and secrecy.

Which character – as performed by Scott Holst – was your favorite?

Henry because the narrator was able to give the character a feeling of great depth. As the narrator read I got the feeling that the character was actually hundreds of years old and had a great depth of wisdom.

Any additional comments?

Loved the story and would recommend it to everyone. The only downside is I wish the author had gone into more detail during the war years.

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Good historical fiction

i thought this book was very fun. Grahame-Smith did i wonderful job adding vampires to a popular historical figure, and made it plausible. if you get past the vampires being real bit, this story integrates Lincoln's disdain for them and motivations driven by it into the facts we all know regarding President Lincoln. Bravo. The story itself is a god read, slow at some parts, but overall engaging and interesting.

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A fun listen

What did you love best about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

Interesting combination of history and fiction.

Any additional comments?

Some gaps in the story that had me thinking I missed part of the book but overall an enjoyable time.

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Fun and inventive twist on history

What did you love best about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

The author did a great job of mixing vampire lore into actual events in a creative and enjoyable way. I am wondering if my copy was missing a section, however. *Spoiler* There seemed to be a scene missing before Willie died--there was no explanation before we found out he'd died. Google results indicate that the death was the work of an assassin, but I never heard that part. I ran the audio back and listened to it again to make sure that bit was skipped. Maybe that's why the second download is a good bit shorter than the first? I enjoyed it anyway, but was curious about that section. Maybe I will check the dead-tree version next time I'm at the library.

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Dry biography with moments of wacky violence

What did you like best about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? What did you like least?

I was expecting a hip new take on Abraham Lincoln with this story, since it divulges how his passion for destroying vampires shaped his career. However, I found the biography parts dull and dark, and the vampire parts to be simply jarring moments of goriness. It didn't work for me, and I'm disappointed to say I stopped listening to it after a couple of hours.

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Loved it

What did you love best about Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

I liked the mixture of history and the unexpected weirdness of the story.I kept telling my kids that books like these were stupid but I have to admit I really enjoyed the creativity of the writer. At times I got so involved I found myself thinking maybe vampires are real.

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