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tnorthcu's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't like this book quite as much as Partly Cloudy Patriot... but it is still a really good book. Same sarcasm as her other books, great material and humorous.
bhnmt61's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it, highly recommended. Some find Sarah Vowell’s voice annoying, so make sure you listen to the sample before you decide, but I thought her voice was the perfect complement. A little snide, occasionally a little childlike, sometimes a little monotone— for a story that sometimes gave me goosebumps and often made me laugh. I don’t think I would have made it more than a chapter or two with the print version. Really fun.
jobustitch's review against another edition
5.0
Just awesome!!! I had no idea about Robert Todd Lincoln's role as the harbinger of death. It makes me want to jump in the car and create my own assasination vacation. I will now have to read all of her books.
targrap's review against another edition
5.0
This book was so funny, I was reading parts of it aloud to the people around me. But beyond being engaging, the book was extremely informative. I will definitely read Sara Vowell's other books.
frostap's review against another edition
3.0
I wanted to like this book, but was hampered by a few things.
1. Sarah Vowell and I could never be friends in real life. She is afraid of everything!
2. I would assume a book about presidential assassinations would mention, oh I don't know, the most recent one? Not so! Kennedy didn't make the cut, apparently.
3. The tidbits of information were interesting, but Vowell was so vocal in her Democratic-leaning predilections (which I obviously didn't mind because I too loathed the Bush administration) that I wondered where her biases affected the rest of the book.
1. Sarah Vowell and I could never be friends in real life. She is afraid of everything!
2. I would assume a book about presidential assassinations would mention, oh I don't know, the most recent one? Not so! Kennedy didn't make the cut, apparently.
3. The tidbits of information were interesting, but Vowell was so vocal in her Democratic-leaning predilections (which I obviously didn't mind because I too loathed the Bush administration) that I wondered where her biases affected the rest of the book.
sunbreak's review against another edition
5.0
I was so sad when this book was over.. and I don't feel that way very often. A great combo of sly humor and history.
deanna_rigney's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this...why couldn't Sarah Vowell have been my history teacher?
crazylady_usmc's review against another edition
4.0
You never can go wrong with a book by Sarah Vowell