Her earlier book, The Wordy Shipmates (2008), examines the New England Puritans and their journey to and impact on America. Her most recent book is Unfamiliar Fishes (2011), which reviews the takeover of Hawaii's property and politics first by white missionaries from the United States and later joined by American plantation growers, ultimately resulting in a Coup d'état, restricted voting rights for nonwhites, and forced statehood for the small chain of islands. Vowell is a New York Times’ bestselling author of five nonfiction books on American history and culture. Vowell received the Music Journalism Award in 1996. in Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996.
from Montana State University in 1993 in Modern Languages and Literatures and an M.A.
She was also the voice of Violet in the animated film The Incredibles and a short documentary, VOWELLET - An Essay by SARAH VOWELL in the "Behind the Scenes" extras of The Incredibles DVD Release. Often referred to as a "social observer," Vowell has authored several books and is a regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. Sarah Jane Vowell is an American author, journalist, humorist, and commentator.
The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary. Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers Tom Cruise and Buffy the Vampire Slayer twins and nerds the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell-widely hailed for her inimitable stories on public radio's This American Life-ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot? Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life.
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