Start: 10/08/2009 7:30 pm
Author and humorist Sarah Vowell brings us WORDY SHIPMATES . Her exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary.
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$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781594484001
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Published: Riverhead Trade, 10/2009
In this New York Times bestseller, the author of ASSASSINATION VACATION brings the Puritan era wickedly to life.To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Sarah Vowell investigates what that means, and what it should mean. What she discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoebuckles- and-corn reputation might suggest - a highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty people, whose story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. THE WORDY SHIPMATES is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America's most celebrated voices.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780743260046
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 1/2006
Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With ASSASSINATION VACATION , she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage.
$22.00
ISBN-13: 9780743223522
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 8/2002
Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's This American Life -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot?
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Author and humorist Sarah Vowell brings us WORDY SHIPMATES. Her exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary.
