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The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates

Vowell, Sarah

Paperback

Historical FiguresGeneral World HistoryRegional: New England

ISBN10: 1594484007
ISBN13: 9781594484001
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Oct 6 2009
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
In this New York Times bestseller, the author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States brings the [Puritan] era wickedly to life (Washington Post).

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.

Vowell takes us from the modern-day reenactment of an Indian massacre to the Mohegan Sun casino, from old-timey Puritan poetry, where righteousness is rhymed with wilderness, to a Mayflower-themed waterslide. Throughout, The Wordy Shipmates is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America's most celebrated voices.

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