Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

By: Seth Grahame-Smith

Narrated by: Scott Holst

Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

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

Definately a different kind of book

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Definately a different way to get readers to listen to a book about Abraham Lincoln. I found the book interesting and entertaining. I also found myself learning about Abraham Lincoln at times doing research to find out if particular events really happened in his life and what the real circumstances where surrounding various events. Very creative.

Different and very believable!

This author has done some research and I kept thinking, "This could have happened"! Of course I don't believe there are vampires but it is so well written that you feel like you are listening to non-fiction but it is facinating!

Awesome read!

Loved this story!! I'm going to get the hard copy!! Planning to relisten to it again!

I loved it...

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I loved the way this book was put together and performed. I enjoy historical information, and Abraham Lincoln is my absolute favorite president. Combining actual historical information with the ingenious interweaving of vampires in that history in a way that's believable made this story a lot of fun to listen to. I had a hard time stopping the book, just had to listen to the whole thing in one setting, rarely have I read a book that I've found that much enjoyment in reading it. I whole heartily recommend this book to any that love a great story and enjoy historical information at the same time.

AWESOME.

This seemed so tacky when I read the description...but I loved it, hung on every word. I love Abe even more now!

GREAT Alternative History

The author does a great mash up of history and the alternate theme of vampires. The book starts in a Edgar Rice Burroughs way where the author places himself in it as a receiptant of Lincoln's secret diary and catelogs Lincoln's hidden life a Vampire Hunter and how he meets other great historical figures who seem to follow these lines.

I agree with others that it was dry, but the fascinating real historical mash up kept me going. It would be interesting to read more along these lines. In the book the narrator (the author) mentions how vampire's and the secret war to remove them drive history and you can really let yourself believe it.

Sadly the book does grind slowly near the later part of the book, and not as filled with the thrill of vampire hunts that you would expect. Still this is a must read for a new genre of alternative history.

Discover the full story, not told in the movie!

Wow! There is so much more depth and motivation, as well as story itself that was left out by the movie. Skip the movie and read the book. The movie is pure action, a true disservice to a book of great depth and obviously much research on the part of the author,.

Leaving me wanting more

Where does Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

One of my top twenty fav books

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His love for his mother and the vow to avenge her gave me chills

Great fun with history.

most of my friends ask "Why would you read a book with a title like that."

To me it was like visiting a local diner that I pass regularly and just had to see what it was like.

The book is really a wonderful blend of history and fiction. I think it is very true to the moral character of one of our finest presidents, as the author even had a 1800's era historian on staff during his writing. The author also takes...a lighthearted approach to telling a vampire tale that spans a persons lifetime. In writing this dime store novel he was deliberately looking to blend two popular subjects Abraham Lincoln, and the pop culture vampire genre to have fun. The afterward of the book inlcudes an interview with the author where he explains the writing of the book, and in some ways is as enjoyable as the fictional prose.

I hope the upcoming movie is done in a very playful "Van Helsing" cinematographic way.See More"

Please make this be the truth!

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

No less than 30 min into the book I was hooked. Everything you know about history is tweaked and built upon just enough to make this book believable and compelling. Going in you knew you would root for Abraham, but you are in no way ready to realize how much you would be rooting for him every step of the way. This book takes the truth, and fills in the small gaps with the plot line. It all makes sense, and is in no way feels forced. I got chills in places thinking how true this sounds, and if I believed that Vampires existed I would never sleep again.