The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means - and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might suggest. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance.
This hardcover book is in very good condition with slight imperfections to the dust jacket. Pages in very good condition.
ISBN 10: 1594489998 / ISBN 13: 9781594489990
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Publishing Date: 2008
