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Teachers & SchoolsMemory and the Past
History in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is eerily accurate and wildly… wild. We get to look back at these famous figures we've met in history class and see how they fit together, how history is changed by what they choose—whether it's quitting a job, killing a vampire, or just eating a ham sandwich. This intimate portrait of Abe and his life is a history buff's dream. But there's a catch. Seth Grahame-Smith adds vampires to the past, and that throws one big fat monkey wrench into the gears of history. It makes us question all the choices and chances that shape the future.
By inventing a secret history, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter makes us question the reliability of all history. Who's to say Abe wasn't a slayer? Come on, anything's possible.
Memory is a major character motivation, but anticipation isn't. Characters are more involved in their pasts than in thinking about their future, even though they can sometimes see it.