The Partly Cloudy Patriot

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• The Partly Cloudy Patriot

  Sarah Vowell's second collection of essays is an examination of her own patriotic tendencies and their relation to her dubious assessment of American mythology. While she is at once a self-described "history buff" who at an adolescent age "pined to v ... (read full critics)

  flakmag published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  I've just finished reading "The Partly Cloudy Patriot" by Sarah Vowell in one go this afternoon. It is a somewhat slim volume, but refreshing in that for someone outside the USA, you aren't all asshats and idiots. Though she celebrates idiocy in the ... (read full critics)

  blogcritics published on Wed, 28 Jan 2004

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  The Partly Cloudy Patriot

  I love Sarah Vowell's literary voice. I really enjoyed her dry humor in each and every one of her anecdotes about everything from history, to politics, to life experiences as a twin.

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• English Books
• Paperback 224 Pages
• Edition: Reprint
• ISBN-10: 0743243803
• ISBN-13: 9780743243803
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Pub date: Oct 01, 2003
• Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD and Audio Cassette

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