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Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith  The Roanoke
Colony  Character Analysis  As long as there have been English
people in America, there have been vampires. (Who knows, maybe
the Vikings brought them over. Though we think they're more
likely to bring werebears.)  Here's the story that Henry tells
Abe about how he came to America to start a new life, and was
made into a vampire (which is certainly a type of new life):
There were 117 people who came over to America to found an
English colony in 1587, and there will be a quiz on all of them.
No, that's not true, because only a few of these people get
mentioned in this story and 1587 is a long time ago.  John White
is one of the most important members of the colony, since he's
the leader of the expedition and its only survivor. After they
start the colony, John White heads back to England to get some
reinforcements. But he can't make it back for three years and by
the time he does, the Roanok