Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
by Seth Grahame-Smith
read by Scott Holst
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 the 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 Seccret 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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I have 3 copies of this audiobook to giveaway courtesy of Hachette Books. For your first entry (MUST DO THIS BEFORE ANY OF YOUR OTHER ENTRIES WILL COUNT) you are going to need to use your imagination. Come up with a title that would be a paranormal remake of another book - classic if you can. If your creative juices aren't flowing - that's ok - you can still enter. Please leave your email address.
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41 comments:
Little Women Wherewolf Hunters. Hahahhaa I'm not good at this!
Would love to enter tho.
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I'm an old follower
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The Count,vampire of Monte Cristo.
debp
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Humpty Dumpty fell to hell!
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I follow on google friends
would love to read this book!
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The House of Seven Gables and the Secrets in Each. (or How 4 Vampires, 2 Werewolves and one Human co-exist)
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#1 I already follow
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#2 I already follow
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I'm an old follower
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I'm an old follower
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I tweeted the giveaway:
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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Werewolf
Please enter me in your fun contest.
Already a follower
already a follower
Alice In Fairyland. She's not in OZ anymore....
If she thought the Queen of Hearts was bad just wait until she meets the Unseelie Queen. LOL.
Thanks! :0)
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I follow. :0)
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Here's my answer to your question, I came up with something. How about turning this book paranormal?
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ?
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No need to enter me, babe. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.
"A Tale of Two Werewolves"
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New Follower
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"Sleeping Beauty-the real zombie!" Quite a twist but I think she came back from the dead and really wasn't asleep...now she is on the attack!
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Old follower...
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Old follower entry #2.
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I would love to win this...How about Of Wolves and Men.
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The Wolf in the Iron Mask
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follow w google friends entry 1
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follow w google friends entry 2
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follow on twitter and i tweeted
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Henry the 8th and his Royal Zombie subjects...
Thanks for the chance
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Would like to win this for my son, the history buff. He would enjoy it.
JHS
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Just became a follower on Google.
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Colloquium
ZOMBIES OF THE OPERA
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