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Assassination Vacation
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Assassination Vacation (2005) (edit title/settings)

by Sarah Vowell (Author) (edit contributors)

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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 a road trip like no other — a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they... read more

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  • “I believe Dracula was in love with Maureen Stapleton.”
    Englishman at Bed and Breakfast discussing Emma Goldman and Leon Czolgosz
  • “If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
  • “Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.”
  • “Except for the people who were there that one day they discovered the polio vaccine, being part of history is rarely a good idea. History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.”
  • “Everyone knows there is no marriage in heaven (though one suspects there's no shortage of it in hell.)”
  • “John Humphrey Noyes was an abolitionist known to compare wifery up north to slavery down south.”
  • “Going to Ford's Theatre to watch the play is like going to Hooter's for the food.”
  • “Abraham Lincoln's eldest son had the misfortune of attending his father's deathbed after his assassination in 1865, witnessing the assassination of James A. Garfield in Washington in 1881, & detraining in Buffalo in 1901 to learn that William McKinley had been assassinated mere moments before his arrival.”

First Sentence edit see section history

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Preface

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Sarah Vowell (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0743260031
Page Count: 272

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: E176.1 .V89
  • Dewey: 973.099

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