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The partly cloudy patriot / Sarah Vowell

By:

Vowell, Sarah, 1969-

Contributor(s):

Vowell, Sarah, 1969-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks , 2003, c2002.Edition: The First Simon and Schuster paperback editionDescription: 197 p. : ills. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780743243803

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

973 VOW

LOC classification:

SDB 71537

Cast: Read by the author ; with special guests: Conan O'Brien (Abraham Lincoln) ; Seth Green (Mike Synar) ; Stephen Colbert (Al Gore) ; David Cross (Theodore Roosevelt) : Paul Begala (George W. Bush) ; Michael Chabon (Walt Whitman) ; and Norman Lear (Kevin).Summary: Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's This American Life -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot? Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Tom Cruise and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration. The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.

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Read by the author ; with special guests: Conan O'Brien (Abraham Lincoln) ; Seth Green (Mike Synar) ; Stephen Colbert (Al Gore) ; David Cross (Theodore Roosevelt) : Paul Begala (George W. Bush) ; Michael Chabon (Walt Whitman) ; and Norman Lear (Kevin).

Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's This American Life -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot? Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Tom Cruise and Buffy the Vampire Slayer; twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration. The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.

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