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Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
Author: Sarah Vowell
From Publishers Weekly — What do you get when a woman who's obsessed with death and U.S. history goes on vacation? This wacky, weirdly enthralling exploration of the first three presidential assassinations. Vowell (The Partly Cloudy Patriot), a contributor to NPR's This American Life and the voice of teenage superhero Violet Parr in The Incredibl...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743260046
ISBN-10: 074326004X
Publication Date: 1/31/2006
Pages: 272
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 141 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 6
Vowell is a terrific writer, a real pleasure to read. I found the book very engaging and immediately recommended it to several friends.
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Helpful Score: 6
Vowell is a simply brilliant essayist. This book is a little less comedic and more history heavy than her other works, but no less enjoyable a read.
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Helpful Score: 5
I'm not usually big on travel books or on history, but Sarah Vowell's record of her pilgrimage to sites related to early US presidential assassinations has been one of the best books I've read this year. She has a very dry and sarcastic humor that actually comes through the page and without feeling patronizing. She actually makes me want to take a tour of DC to see all these places she's talking about.
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Helpful Score: 5
I love the mixture of humor, history and vacation all in the same read
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Helpful Score: 4
I grabbed this at a library sale, figuring that if it was bad, it was surely wishlisted. Anyways, I was very pleased to find that it was actually interesting, despite my lack of enthusiasm on the subject of American History. Yes, I am one of those people whom if you said "Garfield", I would think of the orange cat, but now I find I quite like the former president as well. Well worth the read as it's both informative and entertaining.
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