03932cam a2200469 4500 595386188 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780743590297 0743590295 752b39ba-65c7-4249-b3e0-e7ffd754120f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 79164 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Vowell, Sarah. Assassination Vacation [Libby]. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2005. Nonfiction. Politics & Government. U.S. Federal Government - The Executive Branch. Political Biography. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 202MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 202MB. Biography & Autobiography. Travel. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:<b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Wordy Shipmates</i> and contributor to NPR's <i>This American Life</i> Sarah Vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence, from Washington DC to Alaska, to better understand our nation's ever-evolving political system and history.</b><br /> Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With <i>Assassination Vacation</i>, she takes us on a road trip like no other—a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage.<br /> <br /> From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to the Dry Tortugas, Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of politically important blood, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkable honesty, and thought-provoking criticism. We learn about the jinx that was Robert Todd Lincoln (present at the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley) and witness the politicking that went into the making of the Lincoln Memorial. The resulting narrative is much more than an entertaining and informative travelogue—it is the disturbing and fascinating story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including literature, architecture, sculpture, and—the author's favorite—historical tourism. Though the themes of loss and violence are explored and we make detours to see how the Republican Party became the Republican Party, there are all kinds of lighter diversions along the way into the lives of the three presidents and their assassins, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, and a nineteenth-century biblical sex cult. Media Type: Audiobook. Listen Up Award. Audie Award Nominee. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. Stewart, Jon. O'Brien, Conan. King, Stephen. Eggers, Dave. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0439-1/079164-AssassinationVacation.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0439-1/079164-AssassinationVacation.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=752B39BA-65C7-4249-B3E0-E7FFD754120F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0439-1/079164-AssassinationVacation.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0439-1/079164-AssassinationVacation.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=752B39BA-65C7-4249-B3E0-E7FFD754120F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)