History is a little like a panther. A totally awesome panther that leaps out at you from the most unexpected places and mauls you with mad knowledge. I was attacked by the history panther this past weekend when I visited Prettybird in Carrollton, Missouri. Being a rural Midwestern town, there’s only a handful of people … Continue reading
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Hail to the Chief
Way back in December, one of my earliest posts on Rhoades to Madness was my excitement over seeing Honest-to-Godforsaken Abe cutting a swath through the vampire legions on the big screen. If Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the book had a fault, it took the subject matter too seriously, taking a Doris Kearns Goodwin-style approach to … Continue reading
The Great Emancipator, Bitches
Easily one of the cooler ideas for an alternate history mash-up, Lincoln’s brooding personality and the turmoil of the day lend a lot of credence to the notion that there were vampires running amok in the 1860s and Honest Abe was fighting a clandestine war against them. The novel was written by Seth Grahame-Smith, who … Continue reading