Reading this book was a guilty pleasure. The truth, however, is that this book is a fraud. But a fraud I highly recommend. It is really a very accessible biography of Abraham Lincoln, with a few vampires thrown in so people will read it. I read an interview of the author and he said that he was in a bookstore and found a big popular display of Twilight (the precipitator of vampire mania in the publishing world) and Team of Rivals, (the latest premier Lincoln biography.) He figured what would really sell was a Lincoln vampire book! And was he ever right! He said in that same interview that Lincoln is such a great man that he had to make sure the book reflected his integrity, which I feel it does. I learned a great deal about the man, his family, and his politics. I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I fear that Hollywood will change the emphasis from Lincoln to vampires. Too bad. I hope tons of kids are reading this book and absorbing some critical American history as they indulged their vampire cravings. Now both Team of Rivals by Goodwin and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Graham-Smith top my “To Read” list.
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