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Description: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 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.READ BY THE AUTHOR • Eric Bogosian• T Bone Burnett• Jill Clayburgh• Peter Dinklage• Bill Hader• John Hodgman• Catherine Keener• Tom McCartthy• Dermont Mulroney• John Oliver• Campbell Scott• John Slattery• Michael Giacchino (music)RUNNING TIME ⇒ 7hrs. and 15mins.©2008 Sarah Vowell (P)2008 Simon & Schuster AudioWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wordy Shipmates. To get started finding The Wordy Shipmates, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Release: 2008

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Description: 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 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.READ BY THE AUTHOR • Eric Bogosian• T Bone Burnett• Jill Clayburgh• Peter Dinklage• Bill Hader• John Hodgman• Catherine Keener• Tom McCartthy• Dermont Mulroney• John Oliver• Campbell Scott• John Slattery• Michael Giacchino (music)RUNNING TIME ⇒ 7hrs. and 15mins.©2008 Sarah Vowell (P)2008 Simon & Schuster AudioWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wordy Shipmates. To get started finding The Wordy Shipmates, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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