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Assassination Vacation

Assassination Vacation

by Sarah Vowell

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Vowell showcases her caustic wit in this tour of American history by way of its presidential assassinations. Part travel narrative, part history lesson, Vowell visits the sites where Garfield, Lincoln and McKinley were killed revealing much about the lives of these presidents, their assassins, and other juicy bits of Americana . Vowell is a frequent contributor to NPR's This American Life.  (USA119, $15.00)


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