Its a skillful and clever mixture of fact and fiction that makes for a fascinating reading experience. How to read literature like a professor stamford public schools. The owner of the plantation is jack barts, a vampire, who poisoned lincolns mother. While still a boy, abraham lincoln loses his mother to a vampires bite.
Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, her death was due to a vengeful vampire. He trains as a hunter for ten years and eventually gets his revenge on barts and kills him. When president lincolns mother is killed by a supernatural creature, he embarks on a mission to kill vampires and their slaveowning helpers. Vampire hunter is a 2012 american action horror film directed by timur bekmambetov, based on the 2010 mashup novel of the same name. Benjamin walker stars as americas 16th president who moonlights as a. After becoming a bestselling book and a tepidly received film, abraham lincoln. The vampires here have a lot of typical vampire characteristics and some less usual characteristics. Has anyone else but me read abraham lincoln vampire hunter. A teenage girl is the strong center of a feverdream story of hidden pasts. Vampire hunter, though, moves past literary mashups, and deserves to be judged on the merits of the alternate universe it constructs. To improve this article, please refer to the guidelines. Despite its crazy premise, some abraham lincoln scholars support abraham lincoln.
The book trailer featuring michae l krebs as abraham lincoln want more. Vampire hunter opened, and offered up a fun action thriller using a familiar american icon sporting some modern, asskicking mixed martial arts techniques against familiar, bloodsucking foes. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects. He gets himself elected president and fights the civil war to end the fangtoothed scourge.
Zombie austen author moves on to abraham lincoln, vampire. Vampire hunter in honest abes hometown of springfield, il. Abraham does what any sensible child wouldve done pledged himself wholly and. Vampire hunter is, by its very nature, a fantasy film in which a real life historical figure goes up against a mythical figure of human fear, and that fear is vanquished. So you think you know abraham lincoln s story after reading. Abe benjamin walker continues his fight against the undead well into adulthood and his presidency, making a last. For specific information on the problems with the file and how they can be fixed, please check the message at file. The slightly longer version starts in 2010, when seth grahamesmith the character, not the author gets the secret journals of abraham lincoln from the vampire henry sturges. Am i the only one who gets chills abraham lincoln was a little more than a child when his mother passed due to a mysterious illness. The last american vampire goes beyond lincoln and his compatriots with the. Vampire hunter kindle edition by grahamesmith, seth.
For over 250 years, between 1607 and 1865, vampires thrived in the shadows of america. As in the opening sequence, a young lincoln did in fact encounter slaves for the first time on a river, though the bloodsucker he. Abraham lincoln, vampire hunter book covers pictures. Abraham lincoln vampire hunter by seth grahamesmith book. Vampire hunter the boundaries which divide life from death are at best shadowy and vague.
With benjamin walker, rufus sewell, dominic cooper, anthony mackie. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins. After all, the movie, based on a 2010 book of the same title, decides that. Along the way, a large number of historical figures from lincolns era are shown to be. The movie posits civil war period in a different way in order to reveal to the modern society that most of the slave owners in the south were man eaters while in the northern part fought for freedom of the black people and for the freedom from the vampires that slaved them. Abraham lincoln, the 16th president of the united states, discovers vampires are planning to take over the united states. Abraham lincoln vampire hunter paperback 21 apr 2011. The rest of the book is the story of those journals and some interviews and probably some notes cribbed from wikipedia. Vampire hunter is in fact about abraham lincoln, as if he was a vampire hunter. Vampire hunter bluray 3d, bluray, and dvd debut october 23rd sep, 2012. Even bookworms are in love with seth grahame smiths ingenious mash up fiction. Following in the bloody footprints of sense and sensibility and vampires is abraham lincoln, vampire hunter by seth grahamesmith.
The book a work of fiction authored by grahamesmith is amazingly interesting in its premise. Vampire hunter is neither as good nor as bad as its laughoutloud trailer suggests. In his fictional introduction, the author claims to have received a visit from henry, a creepy young roustabout whose curiosity leads him to deliver to the writer lincolns lost diaries, detailing his life as a gifted vampire. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. Heres a book trailer for the inevitable sequel to abraham. When lincoln is eleven years old, he learns from his father thomas lincoln that vampires are in fact real. Pr newswire bodega produces epic book trailer for abraham lincoln. This article is within the scope of wikiproject film. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Vampire hunter is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the lincolns are on their way to the theater. Abe meets other friendsjack armstrong, joshua speed, edgar allan poe, ward hill lamonwho help him hunt vampires or tell him about vampiric history. An interactive study guide to toms, coons, mulattos. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading abraham lincoln. Abraham lincoln reborn as a vampire slayer suppose that, in 19thcentury america, the forces of good and evil battled for the soul of the new republic. Benjamin walker stars as the title character with supporting roles by dominic cooper, anthony mackie, mary elizabeth winstead, rufus sewell, and marton csokas. Its also a more entertaining movie than i remotely expected. Seth grahamesmith follows up his bestselling pride and prejudice and zombies with another piece of speculative fiction that blends horror with literary classics. Vampire hunter audiobook unknown binding january 1, 2010 4. Vampire hunter by seth grahamesmith on march 4, 1861, abraham lincoln the exceptional boy of sinking springs farm, apple of his departed mothers eye, survivor of the trials of job, and one of the nations most accomplished vampire hunters was.
I t should come as no surprise to learn that abraham lincoln. According to this speculative novel, abe is, throughout. Some 10 years later, he unsuccessfully tries to eliminate barts but. Answer these 10 questions correctly and you could win an amc gift card to see the movie based on the book, coming to a theater near you, june 22. Only teens who belong to the johnson county teen online reading club group are eligible to win prizes, but everyone can take the quiz. Starting from a premise succinctly stated by the movies title that suggests a hybrid of history lesson and horror show, abraham lincoln. Young abraham is also shocked to learn that his beloved mother. Vampire hunter has visual style to spare, but its overly serious tone doesnt jibe with its decidedly silly central premise, leaving filmgoers with an unfulfilling blend of. Vampire hunter is such a smashing title its too bad someone had to spoil things by making a movie to go with it. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book and why its important. Vampire hunter march 2, 2010 the twominute microepic was written and directed by bodega creative director adam reid, and features a deadon likeness of abraham lincoln michael krebs in his white house office circa 1864 as he confronts. Vampire hunter, honest abe learns that vampires are behind slavery. Chris lee talked to its author, seth grahamesmith, as well as historians.
Scarlett ohara for sheer determination and surpass buffy the vampire slayer with. Over the weekend, screen rant participated in a special and surreal event for abraham lincoln. Abraham drops a pistol, and quickly picks it off the floor. The collection consists of the editorial and production. Scenestealers contributor warren cantrell is a trained historian with a b. Vampire hunter, a presidential biography in the vein of a doris kearns goodwin or david mccullough, but. Analysis of derridas archive fever literary theory and criticism. The first book, said greenberg, will be abraham lincoln. Sure, abraham lincoln could likely handle a few vampires, but a curse is another story. Take, for example, seth grahamesmiths new novel, abraham lincoln vampire hunter. The initial thoughts behind the creation of this study guide were quite. This might seem far removed from the concerns of a book on new media, but archive fever remains a useful theoretical resource not least. Zombies by alockwood1 an excerpt from abraham lincoln s secret journal, wherein he tells his secret life as a vampire hunter. Abraham lincoln vampire hunter my conspiracy theory.
Abraham lincoln vampire hunter deadliest fiction wiki. Barts reveals his vampire self to abraham and tries to attack him, but abraham is rescued by a vampire hunter, henry sturgess. An historians take on abraham lincoln as vampire hunter. Scarlett and mammy retain a motherdaughter relationship. Ill try not to reveal too many specific details, but some plot elements are discussed although really, the title of the book should be a. At the age of 9, abraham lincoln witnesses his mother being killed by a vampire, jack barts.
The novels author, seth grahamesmith, wrote the screenplay. But just because theres a cool movie and the idea of abe lincoln fighting vampires is funny, dont think that this book is pure. From the new york times bestselling author of pride and prejudice and zombies comes the true history of our sixteenth president seth grahamesmiths abraham lincoln. Abraham lincoln is reinvented as a vampirekilling president in this timur bekmambetovdirected action picture starring benjamin walker, mary elizabeth winstead, rufus. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical task forces. King has gone a far piece from the killer clowns and vampires of old, with his. See all 43 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Lincolns whole life is told from the point of view of him as someone aware of the existence of vampires and doing his best to get rid of him the root cause of his obsession is. For instance, the sun is dangerous to them, but only when theyre young. Ben walker in response to people who ask him how he feels about abraham lincoln vampire hunter being compared to the other, more historically accurate. The movie abraham lincoln the vampire hunter is acted on the basis of a novel by a similar name written by grahame seth. Thomas explains to his son that a vampire killed abrahams grandfather also named abraham lincoln in 1786. About a boy about last night above suspicion abraham lincoln.
Take allan pinkerton, for example, who worked as a bodyguard for lincoln 10. He vows revenge, but fails in the attempt, narrowly escaping with his life. Swearing vengeance, lincoln goes on to moonlight as a vampire hunter with the help of ethical vampire henry sturges. George saunders gets inside lincolns head the new yorker. Abraham lincoln vampire hunter, which also mentions lincoln s reopening of willie. Baroness orczys the scarlet pimpernel has been perennially popular in. Abraham lincoln, in a message to congress december 1st, 1862 11. Then again, a bigscreen version of seth grahamesmith. Its nothing more than a large scale visual assault for the senses, and if you go in expecting more than that, youll be disappointed. In this case, we are presented with an alternate history of president abraham lincoln and the secret life he led as a hunter of vampires. Mcclellan plays a slightly more important role in lincoln s life, though in this book he hardly shows up.
Contributor benjamin brown looks at 10 interesting facts about abraham lincoln, who is getting a bit of media attention this week as a movie debuts about lincolns fictional exploits as a vampire hunter. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a oneroom cabin, where a nineyearold abraham lincoln. Abraham lincoln, vampire hunter is a biographical action horror mashup novel by seth grahamesmith, released on march 2, 2010, through new yorkbased. No one should expect historical accuracy out of abraham lincoln. While there, we visited the 16th presidents tomb, climbed into the ordinarily restricted and highly creepy areas just above the gravesites of lincolns wife mary and three of their sons, took a midnight tour of the presidential. A list of books recentlyread that i have discussed here.