This book is actually very interesting. It reads very much like a biography with "inserts" from Lincoln's journal's from throughout his life. What I found out to be really intersting was when a young Abraham met a young Edgar Allen Poe. I found this to be intriguing because I never would have thought about those two great historical figures coming across each other at any time. It was great to see how the author described their meeting and interaction and what Poe's opinion was on meeting a vampire. What was even more fabulous was how the author made mention that, through Poe's learning that vampires actually existed, how much that later influenced his writing (and if you've ever read Poe, you would understand).
Although it is taking me awhile to continue to read and finish this book, I'm going to make it a goal of mine to get it read soon, so that I can move on to the ever growing stack of "books to read" that are starting to pile up next to my bed on my bedside table!
