Puritan NationSarah Vowell, a contributing editor for public radio's This American Life, looks back on 17th century New England in her latest book, The Wordy Shipmates. Using primary sources and wit galore, Vowell helps answer the question "Who were the Puritans and why do they still figure so heavily in modern day conversations about who we are?"
This is one great armchair history book about a group of very argumentative people who happened to help shape our country. After reading Vowell's book, we concluded we're still arguing the same subjects more than three centuries later.
