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    Who Was Dracula?

    Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood

    Author Jim Steinmeyer
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Tarcher
    On sale Aug 28, 2014 | 336 Pages | 9780399168772
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    The acclaimed author of The Last Greatest Magician in the World sleuths out literature's iconic vampire, uncovering the source material—from folklore and history, to personas including Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman—behind Bram Stoker's lord of the undead.

    Praise for Who Was Dracula?
     
    “A fantastic, well-documented story.” —Library Journal (starred review)
     
    “[A] well-researched and entertaining take on Dracula’s origin story.” —Publishers Weekly
     
    “Who Was Dracula? chronicles the misadventures of Bram Stoker and his numerous friends and colleagues, both famous and obscure, hoping to unearth the recipe for a truly iconic character.” —San Francisco Book Review
     
    “Who Was Dracula? is a book you’ll want to sink your teeth into.” —“The Bookworm Sez”
    Jim Steinmeyer is the critically acclaimed author of The Glorious Deception, Charles Fort, and Hiding the Elephant, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. He is also a leading designer of magic illusion who has done work for television, Broadway, and many of the best-known names in modern magic. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. View titles by Jim Steinmeyer
    “A fantastic, well-documented story.”
    —Library Journal (starred review)
     
    “[A] well-researched and entertaining take on Dracula’s origin story.”
    —Publishers Weekly
     
    “Who Was Dracula? chronicles the misadventures of Bram Stoker and his numerous friends and colleagues, both famous and obscure, hoping to unearth the recipe for a truly iconic character.”
    —San Francisco Book Review
     
    “Who Was Dracula? is a book you’ll want to sink your teeth into.”
    —Terri Schlichenmeyer, Frontiers

    "[A] fiendishly readable study...provocative."
    —Elizabeth Lowery, Wall Street Journal

    "The author does a solid job analyzing the birth and development of Dracula and illustrating the character traits Stoker cherry-picked from his wide circle of friends."
    —Kirkus Review

    "Steinmeyer's Who Was Dracula? ... may keep you up late reading all about the true origins of the character."
    —Glenn Seber, A&E Books

    "Author Rating: 5. I loved it!  Who Was Dracula? is everything Dracula isn’t - lushly written, even toned, and thoroughly engaging. It is quite simply a delight!"
    —Jessie Patken, Celebrity Cafe

    "Who Was Dracula? is for anyone who is interested in the elements that create a character such as Dracula; anyone interested in the historical situations that surrounded Bram Stoker and influenced him; and those interested in the reasons why it is still so popular 100-plus years after its publication."
    —Before It's News

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    The acclaimed author of The Last Greatest Magician in the World sleuths out literature's iconic vampire, uncovering the source material—from folklore and history, to personas including Oscar Wilde and Walt Whitman—behind Bram Stoker's lord of the undead.

    Praise for Who Was Dracula?
     
    “A fantastic, well-documented story.” —Library Journal (starred review)
     
    “[A] well-researched and entertaining take on Dracula’s origin story.” —Publishers Weekly
     
    “Who Was Dracula? chronicles the misadventures of Bram Stoker and his numerous friends and colleagues, both famous and obscure, hoping to unearth the recipe for a truly iconic character.” —San Francisco Book Review
     
    “Who Was Dracula? is a book you’ll want to sink your teeth into.” —“The Bookworm Sez”

    Author

    Jim Steinmeyer is the critically acclaimed author of The Glorious Deception, Charles Fort, and Hiding the Elephant, a Los Angeles Times bestseller. He is also a leading designer of magic illusion who has done work for television, Broadway, and many of the best-known names in modern magic. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. View titles by Jim Steinmeyer

    Praise

    “A fantastic, well-documented story.”
    —Library Journal (starred review)
     
    “[A] well-researched and entertaining take on Dracula’s origin story.”
    —Publishers Weekly
     
    “Who Was Dracula? chronicles the misadventures of Bram Stoker and his numerous friends and colleagues, both famous and obscure, hoping to unearth the recipe for a truly iconic character.”
    —San Francisco Book Review
     
    “Who Was Dracula? is a book you’ll want to sink your teeth into.”
    —Terri Schlichenmeyer, Frontiers

    "[A] fiendishly readable study...provocative."
    —Elizabeth Lowery, Wall Street Journal

    "The author does a solid job analyzing the birth and development of Dracula and illustrating the character traits Stoker cherry-picked from his wide circle of friends."
    —Kirkus Review

    "Steinmeyer's Who Was Dracula? ... may keep you up late reading all about the true origins of the character."
    —Glenn Seber, A&E Books

    "Author Rating: 5. I loved it!  Who Was Dracula? is everything Dracula isn’t - lushly written, even toned, and thoroughly engaging. It is quite simply a delight!"
    —Jessie Patken, Celebrity Cafe

    "Who Was Dracula? is for anyone who is interested in the elements that create a character such as Dracula; anyone interested in the historical situations that surrounded Bram Stoker and influenced him; and those interested in the reasons why it is still so popular 100-plus years after its publication."
    —Before It's News

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