Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24416 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-18
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Review
"A learned, engagingly discursive, funny, sometimes even jolly ramble -- literally -- through the landscape of American presidential assassinations...Vowell makes an excellent traveling companion, what with her rare combination of erudition and cheek."-- Bruce Handy, "The New York Times Book Review"

Customer Reviews

Stories about dead people = Fun
This is one of the funniest books that I have ever read! The way Vowell shares her morbid fascination for all things linked to presidents that have been killed is great, it even got me longing to go visit "Halloween Parks". And I now have a entirely new list of places I wanna go to if I should visit USA.
All toghetter a great book that not only makes you laugh, but also educates you.