Seth Grahame-smith

The Last American Vampire Seth Grahame-smith

Marc Notes: Compact discs.; Title from container.; In container (15 cm).; Includes: CD-ROM, with a PDF of photos; Mac and PC compatible.; Produced and directed by Dennis Kao.; Read by MacLeod Andrews.; In Reconstruction-era America, Henry is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Brief Description: In Reconstruction-era America, Henry is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln's shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia's October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Publisher Marketing:"New York Times" bestselling author Seth Grahame-Smith returns with the follow-up to "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter "a sweeping, alternate history of twentieth-century America as seen through the eyes of vampire Henry Sturges. In Reconstruction-era America, Henry is searching for renewed purpose in the wake of his friend Abraham Lincoln s shocking death. It will be an expansive journey that will first send him to England for an unexpected encounter with Jack the Ripper, then to New York City for the birth of a new American century, the dawn of the electric era of Tesla and Edison, and the blazing disaster of the 1937 Hindenburg crash. Along the way, Henry goes on the road in a Kerouac-influenced trip as Seth Grahame-Smith ingeniously weaves vampire history through Russia s October Revolution, the First and Second World Wars, and the JFK assassination. Expansive in scope and serious in execution, "The Last American Vampire" is sure to appeal to the passionate readers who made "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" a runaway success." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 08/01/2014 pg. 58 (EAN 9781455502127, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 11/03/2014 (EAN 9781455502127, Hardcover) Romantic Times 01/01/2015 pg. 53 (EAN 9781455502127, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014 (EAN 9781455502127, Hardcover) Booklist 01/01/2015 pg. 60 (EAN 9781455502127, Hardcover) People Weekly 01/26/2015 pg. 54 (EAN 9781455530076, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 01/23/2015 pg. 48 (EAN 9781455530076, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Grahame-Smith, Seth Seth Grahame-Smith is the "New York Times "bestselling author of "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter "and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies".""In addition to adapting the screenplay for "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter", he also wrote Tim Burton s film "Dark Shadows". He lives in Los Angeles.