Product Details
ISBN: 9780743260046
Category: General
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: 2006-04-18
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER LTD
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Pages: 272
Pagination: 272 pages
Dimensions (mm): 216x135x17mm
Weight: 249g
Assassination Vacation
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.