Abraham Lincoln : vampire hunter

Format:

Audio disc

Title:

Abraham Lincoln : vampire hunter

Author:

Grahame-Smith, Seth.

ISBN:

9781607883548

9781609419981

9781607881735

Publication Information:

[New York] : Hachette Audio ; North Kingstown, R.I. : BBC Audiobooks America, ℗2010.

Physical Description:

9 audio discs (11 hr., 2 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

Sound library.

General Note:

Sound Library: SLD 1947.

Unabridged.

PDF requires Adobe Acrobat.

"Contains bonus PDF of photographic documents"--Container.

Recording originally produced by Hachette Audio, p2010.

In container (17 cm.).

Compact disc.

Summary:

Reveals the hidden life of the sixteenth U.S. president, who was actually a vampire-hunter obsessed with the complete elimination of the undead, and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of the nation.

Personal Subject:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-Fiction.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. (OCoLC)fst00030184

Subject(s):

Presidents -- United States -- Fiction.

Vampires -- Fiction.

United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

United States -- History -- 1783-1865 -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

Added Corporate Author:

BBC Audiobooks America.

Hachette Audio (Firm)

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Independence Public Library	CD FICTION - GRAHAME-SMITH	Searching... Unknown
Searching... McMinnville Public Library	Grahame-Smith, S.	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the milk sickness. Only later did he learn that his mother's deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect on Abe's father's unfortunate debts. When the truth became known to the young Abraham Lincoln, he wrote in his journal, henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become learned in all things-a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose. The purpose? Elimination of all vampires. Seth Grahame-Smith has reconstructed the 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.

Author Notes

Seth Grahame-Smith is an author and a film and television writer/producer. His books include How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Unholy Night, and The Last American Vampire. In addition to adapting the screenplay for his novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, he also wrote Tim Burton's film Dark Shadows.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Grahame-Smith's campy and bloody revisionist history, Abraham Lincoln's greatest accomplishment wasn't his rise to the presidency or the emancipation of millions of slaves: it was his heroic slaying of vampires far and wide. Lincoln is a man possessed, having lost his mother to a vampire and vowing early on to avenge her. As mindless and light fun as the story is, Scott Holst's narration is wrought with phony dialects, misdirected vocal shifts, and cliched interpretations of historical figures, the least of which is surely Lincoln himself. Holst's voice shifts from a solid pitch-perfect, steady-paced tone to a shticky and forced Midwestern drawl. A Grand Central hardcover (Reviews, Jan. 11). (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

Grahame-Smith, author of the New York Times best seller Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009), again plays it straight but strange in this reimagining of Abraham Lincoln as a vampire slayer hell-bent since a young age on avenging his beloved mother's vampire-related death. The book incorporates well-researched U.S. histor formance is effective in translating to audio this sometimes uneasy mix of history and horror that should nonetheless make for an entertaining listen for fans of vampire stories. [Includes a bonus interview with the author and a PDF of historical photographic documents; the Grand Central hc was recommended for purchase "only where requested," LJ 3/15/10.-Ed.]-B. Allison Gray, Goleta Branch, Santa Barbara P.L., CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.