[Hac-announce] November 2021 Book Discussion: "The Wordy Shipmates" by Sarah Vowell

[kvngough at aol.com]

Our book for November is The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell. The discussion will take place Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 2:30 pm. (Please note the second Saturday, rather than third, date; this is due to the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) Convention scheduled in Boston the weekend of Nov. 20.) Also, due to scheduling conflicts with USNH, this discussion will be via Zoom.

>From Amazon:
The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Vowell’s exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill.” 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.
Essayist and public radio regular Vowell (Assassination Vacation) revisits America's Puritan roots in this witty exploration of the ways in which our country's present predicaments are inextricably tied to its past. – Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Kevin (& Paula)
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