The Wordy Shipmates ebook download Sarah Vowell

The Wordy Shipmates

The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill"-a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid." To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means- and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might suggest. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. Along the way she asks: * Was Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop a communitarian, a Christlike Christian, or conformity's tyrannical enforcer? Answer: Yes! * Was Rhode Island's architect, Roger Williams, America's founding freak or the father of the First Amendment? Same difference. * 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. Sarah Vowell's special brand of armchair history makes the bizarre and esoteric fascinatingly relevant and fun. She 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. Thou shalt enjoy it.

Share your thoughts on the The Wordy Shipmates ebook with other internet viewers!

Title of ebook: The Wordy Shipmates
ISBN: 9781436290586
parent-ISBN: 9781594489990
Publisher: Riverhead
Pages: 272
Published: 10-2008
Released online for download: 10-07-2008
Author of eBook: Vowell, Sarah

Format

Encrypted

Sku

ISBN

File size

Security

Printing

Copying

Read aloud

Devices

Digital Editions

Yes

1436290597

9781436290593

1341 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Mobipocket

Yes

9781436290623

462 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirements

Download reader

Microsoft

Yes

1436290589

9781436290586

390 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

eReader

Yes

1436290600

9781436290609

372 KB

n/a

Not allowed

No

Sys Requirments

Download reader

Other Sarah Vowell ebooks:

receive alert on new Sarah Vowell ebooks

Assassination Vacation

"Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on...more

Best price: $13.16

Top eBooks in "Literary"

A Moveable Feast

by Hemingway, Ernest

"You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil." Begun in the autumn of 1957 and published posthumously in 1964, ernest ...more

Best price: $13.16

Agatha Christie

by Campbell, Mark

Since her debut in 1920 with The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Agatha Christie has become the chief proponent of the english village murder mystery. Although she ...more

Best price: $7.00

Anne Frank

by Prose, Francine

In June 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white- checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in an Amsterdam attic to ...more

Best price: $19.99

After The Da Vinci Code Movie & DVD: Dan Brown's New Novel Is The Solomo

by Zimmerman, W. Frederick

Through the magic of electronic publishing, this "nimble" guide to the works of best-selling author Dan Brown provides the latest news about the author and his works, updated ...more

Best price: $15.51

Boyhood

by Tolstoy, Leo

This book was written by the same author that wrote "War and Peace", however, this book was written several years earlier, accounting several childhood memories, more or less ...more

Best price: $2.98

Cracks in My Foundation

by Keyes, Marian

Go further under the covers and stay in bed a little longer with Marian Keyes in this winning follow-up to her smash essay collection, Under the Duvet. Written in the ...more

Best price: $8.74

De Profundis

by Wilde, Oscar

Oscar Wilde wrote this while in prison to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas. This love letter is a profound look into the personal life of Oscar. Please Note: ...more

Best price: $2.98

Charles Dickens

by Smiley, Jane

With the delectable wit, unforgettable characters, and challenging themes that have won her a Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller status, Jane Smiley naturally finds a ...more

Best price: $19.95

A Journey into Flaubert's Normandy

by Patton, Susannah

Richly illustrated with maps, historical and contemporary photographs, and period artwork, this guidebook takes tourists and armchair travelers on a stimulating journey ...more

Best price: $9.60

Other Biography eBooks Categories

Biography General (1414)

Regional Subjects (78)

Specific Groups (131)

Adventurers & Explorers (52)

Artists & Architects (243)

Business (75)

Childhood Memoir (28)

Criminals & Outlaws (37)

Editors, Journalists, Publishers (40)

Entertainers (336)