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From the new york timesbestselling author of assassination vacation and the partly cloudy patriot. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. The wordy shipmates by sarah vowell new york times bestselling author sarah vowell explores the puritans and their. Shipmates and millions of other books are available for instant access. Sep 01, 2009 wordy shipmates by sarah vowell wordy shipmates by sarah vowell coleman, mary 20090901 00. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Vowell does not reveal that the puritans were not the american version of the taliban. The wordy shipmates is the fifth book by the american social commentator sarah vowell, published in october 2008. Its not every historical monograph that tosses together anne hutchinson and nancy drew, dolly parton and john. The first edition of the novel was published in 2005, and was written by sarah vowell. I did both on audio and though i was enchanted by the previous one i read assassination vacation, this. New york times bestselling author of the word shipmates and contributor to nprs this american life sarah vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence, from washington dc to alaska, to better understand our nations everevolving political system and history. Early in the book, vowell traces the lineage of american exceptionalism from its origins in john winthrops sermon a model of christian charity, in which winthrop hopes that the newly formed massachusetts bay colony will be a city upon a hill.
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