Sarah Vowell
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born
December 27, 1969
in Muskogee, Oklahoma, The United States
gender
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Assassination Vacation   3.99 avg rating — 14,038 ratings
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2005
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11 editions
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot 3.95 avg rating — 8,475 ratings
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2002
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The Wordy Shipmates 3.55 avg rating — 7,623 ratings
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2008
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Take the Cannoli 3.85 avg rating — 5,195 ratings
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2000
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Unfamiliar Fishes 3.44 avg rating — 2,939 ratings
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2011
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Radio On: A Listener's Diary 3.33 avg rating — 870 ratings
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State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America by Matt Weiland , Sean Wilsey , Myla Goldberg (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 561 ratings
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Family Ties: A Contemporary Perspective by Trevor J. Fairbrother, Sarah Vowell 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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2003
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February 2011,
Sarah Vowell
"The social observer known for the nonfiction romp Assasination Vacation turns her wit to the unusual history of Hawaii's statehood in Unfamiliar Fishes." ...More
"The social observer known for the nonfiction romp Assasination Vacation turns her wit to the unusual history of Hawaii's statehood in Unfamiliar Fishes." ...More
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“Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.”
― Sarah Vowell
― Sarah Vowell
“I no longer drink nearly as much as I used to but, still, my motto is Sine coffea nihil sum. Without coffee, I'm nothing.”
― Sarah Vowell
― Sarah Vowell
“I talk about going to [George W. Bush's] Inauguration and crying
when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to
wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water'... the failure of
my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now.”
― Sarah Vowell
when he took the oath, 'cause I was so afraid he was going to
wreck the economy and muck up the drinking water'... the failure of
my pessimistic imagination at that moment boggles my mind now.”
― Sarah Vowell
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