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The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell
The Wordy Shipmates
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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... show more
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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781594489990 (1594489998)
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Pages no: 254
Edition language: English
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Confuzzled Books
Confuzzled Books rated it
1.0 The Wordy Shipmates
In The Wordy Shipmates we are shown that the Puritan’s life was not Thanksgiving every day. They fought with the Indians,they fought the British and they fought with each other. I found I liked The Wordy Shipmates near the end where she describes a trip with her niece and nephew to Boston. During ...
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL
UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it
3.0
"Let us thank God for having given us such Mayflower picks up at the exact moment Wordy Shipmates leaves off; Philbrick isn't as easy to read, but his history is much more clearly laid out.(It also suffers in comparison to Tony Horwitz, who - in books like A Voyage Long and Strange - combines Vowell...
Vellichor Afternoons
Vellichor Afternoons rated it
5.0
Oh, Sarah Vowell. I've now finished reading all that she has written, and The Wordy Shipmates makes me wish that weren't the case. Her books--and this one in particular, which most closely echoes Assassination Vacation--validates the dorky history nerd inside me. Vowell also understands the allure o...
Reflections
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4.0 The Wordy Shipmates
Why do Americans think they are "exceptional", leading to right-the-world campaigns, a recent example being the war in Iraq? Sarah Vowel thinks it stems from Henry VIII's fickle affections for his wives and the Puritans, exemplified by John Winthrop's 1630 sermon "A Model of Christian Charity" in w...
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!"
Kate Says: "Reading Is Fun!" rated it
2.0 The Wordy Shipmates
Sarah Vowell. I love her. She has a great voice one that I could listen to for hours. I thoroughly enjoyed her as Violet in the wonderful movie "The Incredibles" and when she does her thing on NPR's "This American Life," which is quite often. I felt lucky I was able to snag an audio version of th...
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