Assassination Vacation

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Assassination Vacation is a humorous historical travelogue by Sarah Vowell that explores the sites and stories surrounding the assassinations of U.S. presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley.

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Assassination Vacation canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
historical travelogue ⓘ
humor book ⓘ
author Sarah Vowell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresTheme American nationalism ⓘ
memory and commemoration ⓘ
mythmaking in U.S. history ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
tourism and dark tourism ⓘ
genre history ⓘ
humor ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasCompanionWork Take the Cannoli ⓘ
The Partly Cloudy Patriot ⓘ
hasFormat audio CD ⓘ
digital audiobook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
ISBN 9780743260046 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Sarah Vowell ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativeStyle first-person ⓘ
notableFor combining travel writing with presidential assassination history ⓘ
use of personal anecdotes and pop culture references ⓘ
pages approx. 272 ⓘ
publicationDate 2005 ⓘ
publisher Simon & Schuster ⓘ
setting Key West ⓘ
linked to: Key West, Florida

New York ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
various Civil War and presidential historic sites ⓘ
subject American politics ⓘ
U.S. presidential history ⓘ
assassination of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
assassination of James A. Garfield ⓘ
assassination of William McKinley ⓘ
historic sites in the United States ⓘ
tone essayistic ⓘ
humorous ⓘ
irreverent ⓘ

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Sarah Vowell → notableWork → Assassination Vacation ⓘ
The Partly Cloudy Patriot → relatedWork → Assassination Vacation ⓘ
The Wordy Shipmates → precededBy → Assassination Vacation ⓘ