[nanna]

I asked this question myself on hn a couple of months ago, as the Chassell Elisp Introduction just wasn't working for me. Someone suggested learning CL via Seibel's Practical Common Lisp [1] and then just refering to the Elisp docs, which is a bit of a round-the-houses approach, but I'm now half way through the Seibel and really enjoying it. Pitched at just the right level for me.

[1] https://gigamonkeys.com/book/