Opis: Assassination Vacation - Sarah Vowell

Transporting us from Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to Key West, Vowell has crafted a narrative that is much more than a historical travelogue -- it is the disturbing and mesmerising story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including film, literature, and -- the author's favourite -- historical tourism. Skilfully belying the undercurrents of loss and violence that course through her journey, Vowell injects a range of lighter detours along the way, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, a nineteenth-century biblical sex cult -- and exactly how Lincoln's Republican Party became Bush's Republican Party. Assassination Vacation is a fascinating, informative, and richly entertaining look at the myriad ways in which political assassinations have altered and shaped our nation's history. "A learned, engagingly discursive, funny, sometimes even jolly ramble -- literally -- through the landscape of American presidential assassinations...Vowell makes an excellent traveling companion, what with her rare combination of erudition and cheek." -- Bruce Handy, "The New York Times Book Review"

Szczegóły: Assassination Vacation - Sarah Vowell

Tytuł: Assassination Vacation
Autor: Sarah Vowell
Producent: Simon
ISBN: 9780743260046
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 272
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.25 kg

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