http://kenkinder.com Ken Kinder's personal website Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:27:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://kenkinder.com/2008/11/24/the-wordy-shipmates/ http://kenkinder.com/2008/11/24/the-wordy-shipmates/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:12:33 +0000 Ken Kinder /?p=79 In the unplanned spirit of Thanksgiving, I recently finished Sarah Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates. Written as a cross between a history book and a mémoire on the Massachusetts Bay, it’s so-named as a commentary on the Pilgrams’ verbose writing style. Vowell has a bookish snarkiness that makes the book worthwhile. Read it.

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