Assassination Vacation
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| Author | Sarah Vowell |
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| Language | English |
| Published | 2005 |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication place | United States |
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
[edit]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:
- Conan O'Brien as Robert Todd Lincoln
- Eric Bogosian as John Wilkes Booth
- Stephen King as Abraham Lincoln
- Dave Eggers as Mike Ryan
- Catherine Keener as Gretchen Worden
- Jon Stewart as James A. Garfield
- Tony Kushner as John Humphrey Noyes
- Brad Bird as Charles Guiteau and Emma Goldman
- Daniel Handler as William McKinley
- Greg Giraldo as Theodore Roosevelt
- David Rakoff as Leon Czolgosz
See also
[edit]- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- Assassination of James A. Garfield
- Assassination of William McKinley
References
[edit]- ^ Woodward, Richard B. (2005-05-15). "New York Times Review of "Assassination Vacation"". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ Simon & Schuster's "Assassination Vacation" Promo page. 4 April 2005. ISBN 9780743550291. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
- ^ Vowell, Sarah (6 February 2006). Simon & Schuster's Assassination Vacation Audio Book Promo page. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780743260046. Retrieved 2011-12-20.
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