The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates

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  • Author: Sarah Vowell
  • Publisher: Riverhead Trade
  • Release Date: October 2009
  • ISBN-10: 1594484007
  • ISBN-13: 9781594484001
  • List Price: $16.00

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Summary

In this New York Times bestseller, the author of Assassination Vacation "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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Wordy New Enland History

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I am a Sarah Vowell fan, but this book was a bit too wordy for my taste. It is more of a commentary on early writings rather than merely account of history with interpretation by Sarah. One needs to really love this stuff to stay with her while she picks apart every sentence and nuance.However, if you are a real history buff, particularly early American history and the influence of religion , you will enjoy it.

Mind-numbingly boring!!

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I have enjoyed several of Sarah Vowell's other works, especially "Take the Cannoli" and "The Partly Cloudy Patriot." However, this one is truly horrible. While it's obviously painstakingly researched, I doubt many readers would truly enjoy this unless they are really, REALLY into the history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

I only made it about halfway through, and I almost NEVER give up on a book before the end. ZERO STARS!! Very disappointing, Sarah!

makes history readable

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I never thought I would buy a book about (yawn) the Pilgrims, but I heard the author on a talk show & decided it sounded intriquing. She makes the whole period readable and entertaining.

wow

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this book is brand new and was shipped to me right away - thank you

Thoughtful ramble.

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As much as I appreciate Sarah's squeeky-voiced delivery when heard on electronic media, I found The Wordy Shipmates to be much more informative than Sarah's usual fare while still maintaining the ironic edge that makes her work so entertaining. Her examination of the desire of America's Puritanical founders to create a "city on a hill" and the european's, inexorable march, through legislation and disease, as their desire "helps" (tramples) the indigenous population and, spares not each other's individual and religious freedoms, is insightful. The Wordy Shipmates condemns the narrowness those who promulgate and perpetuate myopic belief systems that accentuate propriety while, simultaneously, denigrating the quality of life that those systems create.