Sarah Vowell: Assassination Vacation

I've been doing a lot of reading lately. The upside of this is that I've just read two of Sarah Vowell's books. The downside is that this witty essayist/historian, best known for her "This American Life" contributions on NPR, has only written four books. Let's hope she's busy beavering away. She just finished a one-month gig on the New York Times op/ed page, subbing for Maureen Dowd. One need only read the title, "Assassination Vacation" , to get an insight into Vowell's offbeat view of life: she vacations in sites associated with famous American political assassinations. This is a clever device to allow Vowell to indulge in her real passion, telling wonderful history stories. Highly recommended.