Description

Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing this, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her very own existence. In this insightful and funny assortment of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable stories on public radio's This American Life -- ponders numerous curious questions: Exactly why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Exactly why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than the usual bad life elsewhere?