Assassination Vacation
AuthorSarah Vowell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Published2005
PublisherSimon & Schuster

Assassination Vacation is a 2005 book by Sarah Vowell, in which she travels around the United States researching the assassinations of U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley.[1] While most of the book is devoted to facts about the assassinated presidents and the men who would murder them, Vowell intersperses anecdotes of her self-proclaimed "pilgrimage" of presidential assassinations,[2] including a production of the 1990 musical Assassins.

Audiobook

An abridged audiobook was released by Simon & Schuster on March 29, 2005.[3] It contained a large cast of readers, and original music was composed by Michael Giacchino. In order of appearance, the cast was:

See also

References

  1. ^ Woodward, Richard B. (2005-05-15). "New York Times Review of "Assassination Vacation"". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  2. ^ Simon & Schuster's "Assassination Vacation" Promo page. 4 April 2005. ISBN 9780743550291. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
  3. ^ Vowell, Sarah (6 February 2006). Simon & Schuster's Assassination Vacation Audio Book Promo page. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743260046. Retrieved 2011-12-20.

External links

Books by Sarah Vowell
Authority control databases
Categories