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I found the book to be equally enjoyable and informative. Her earlier works assassination vacation and the partly cloudy patriot deal closely. The wordy shipmates has 4 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Vowell delivered one goodnatured but uninspired spiel about sitcoms that address. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. So, with nothing much to do during this time of sheltering at home, i took advantage of the opportunity to learn more about the puritans in the eyes of ms. Assassination vacation audiobook abridged listen instantly. The wordy shipmates may fall into the notsofunny category, historically vowell returns to events like the pequot war and the exile of important puritans she blends history with wit to make for enjoyable reading, as always. The wordy shipmates quotes showing of 36 the only thing more dangerous than an idea is a belief. Author sarah vowell discusses her new audiobook the wordy shipmates. Wordy in all the right ways sarah vowell writes history with the voices of humor and irony. The book chronicles the 17th and 18th century history of puritan colonists in. Sarah vowell a cultural profile of puritan life covers a wide range of topics, from their covenant communities and deeprooted ideologies to their beliefs about church and state and their perspectives on other. I actually would have liked to know more about how it became a state.
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