<![CDATA[The Wordy Shipmates]]>

false <![CDATA[The Wordy Shipmates]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256066727m/2845287.jpg 2845287 7 From the New York Times bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and The Partly Cloudy Patriot, an examination of the Puritans, their covenant communities, their deep-rooted idealism, their political and cultural relevance in today's world, and their myriad oddities. In The Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell travels once again through America's past, this time to seventeenth-century New England. From the British Library to the Mohegan Sun casino, from the nation's first synagogue to a Mayflower waterslide, Vowell studies the Puritan effect and finds their beliefs about church and state more interesting than their buckles-and-corn reputation would suggest. She asks: Was Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop a communitarian, Christlike Christian, or conformity's tyrannical enforcer? Yes! Was Rhode Island's architect Roger Williams America's founding freak or the father of the First Amendment? Same difference. How come Henry Vane the Younger, who argued against beheading the English king, was himself beheaded for helping behead said king? Good question. What does it take to get that Jezebel Anne Hutchinson to shut up? A hatchet. What was the Puritans' pet name for the Pope? The Great Whore of Babylon. What is the lesson of the Pequot War? Why, don't fire one of your military's embarrassingly few Arabic translators just because he's gay, of course. As in all Vowell's bestselling books, this exploration of America's past is both poignant and entertaining. The Wordy Shipmates is rich with historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America's celebrated voices. 3093704 7 10 2008 The Wordy Shipmates total:2914|5:339|4:1176|3:1009|2:330|1:60| 2914 10146 5779 967 3 18 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 01 12:58:41 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 07:18:51 -0800 2009

I’m torn on The Wordy Shipmates. I’m still a relative newbie to Sarah Vowell. With Assassination Vacation, I had that new love vibe going on. All that gushy ‘You’re so awesome, I’m so glad that I found you, where have you been all my life’ feeling. W...more...]]> 2 12 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 11:35:10 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 11 19:08:48 -0700 2009
I know what she was attem...more...]]> 3 4 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 12:14:10 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 21:27:04 -0800 2008
This book is probably the driest thing I've ever...more...]]> 4 5 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 09 22:10:17 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 00:01:11 -0700 2009 Take the Cannoli. I read it, and I loved it. Then I read Partly Cloudy Patriot, and loved it as well. I li...more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 10:25:55 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 11:21:36 -0700 2008
This is not my favorite of her books. It's a lot more american history, and a lot less Sarah Vowell being a smartas...more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 19:46:40 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 16:50:44 -0700 2008 I just got ...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:56:19 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 23:46:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Jan 26 18:46:34 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 19:44:48 -0800 2009 is _Take the Cannoli_. All my other exposure to her writing has been via audio: _Assassination Vacation_, _The Partly Cloudy Patriot_, and now _The Wordy Shipmates_. I have to admit, sadly, that I was let down. Generally the audio versions of her...more...]]> 1 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 05:11:28 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:36:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 01 14:39:28 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 11 19:12:02 -0700 2009
She digs into this dry subject, and while managing to make her usual wry observation...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 18:13:26 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 18:43:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Aug 01 14:54:16 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 14:28:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:16:01 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 13:16:14 -0800 2008 Here, she writes about the founding of the colonie...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 21:32:35 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 18:52:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 12:19:57 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 12:39:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 19:31:23 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 20:00:13 -0800 2008 1 2 1 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:49:35 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:02:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 16 15:04:06 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 00:58:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 08 15:01:12 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 15 09:21:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Dec 02 05:41:13 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 09:57:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2845287