Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
I'm going to start right out of the gate and say that I loved this book. I love learning about history, but it's even more awesome when someone turns history on it's head. The overall theme when learning about Abraham Lincoln in school was that he was a good, fair man. You never really attach the phrase "action figure" to ole Abe. This book makes you look at him differently, even though it's through a fictional lens.
Seth Grahame-Smith is a never-was author that is married with kids and runs an old store. One day a customer reveals something to Seth that turns his world upside down. Seth's customer shows him never before seen diaries of former president Abraham Lincoln. The rest of the novel, is an epistolary (thank you Wikipedia) novel told through historical facts and Lincoln's newly discovered diaries. Oh, did I mention that the diaries are about the time that Lincoln killed vampires? Starting from a young age and after a family tragedy, Abraham Lincoln was one of the most prolific vampire hunters in the country. Move over Buffy!
The book does such an excellent job of moving between the fictional (or is it?) killing of vampires to the historical life of our 16th President. Grahame-Smith also creates an interesting back story as to how vampires became so widespread without being known to the public. I highly recommend reading it and I'm now excited to see what they do with the movie that is coming out sometime this year.
If you like looking at history in a different way, check out the mock (and somewhat scary) documentary called C.S.A: The Confederate States of America.
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