Journal Entry 1 by ekranda from Northampton, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 28, 2008

Synopsis (from Amazon):

Transporting us from Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to Key West, Vowell has crafted a narrative that is much more than a historical travelogue - it is the disturbing and mesmerising story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including film, literature, and - the author's favourite - historical tourism. Skilfully belying the undercurrents of loss and violence that course through her journey, Vowell injects a range of lighter detours along the way, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, a nineteenth-century biblical sex cult - and exactly how Lincoln's Republican Party became Bush's Republican Party. "Assassination Vacation" is a fascinating, informative, and richly entertaining look at the myriad ways in which political assassinations have altered and shaped our nation's history.
 

Journal Entry 2 by ekranda at another bookcrossing member in by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases on Monday, January 28, 2008

Released 4 yrs ago (1/28/2008 UTC) at another bookcrossing member in by mail, a fellow bookcrosser -- Controlled Releases

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This is a gift for my NSSVS!! 

Journal Entry 3 by Iojima from Nyons, Rhône-Alpes France on Thursday, February 14, 2008

What a great NSSV -- *very* high up on my wish-list. Thank you, ekranda. 

Journal Entry 4 by mollydog2 from Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Friday, February 13, 2009

received from a bookmooch member in France a couple of mos. ago. I'll mooch it forward when I've read it. 

Journal Entry 5 by mollydog2 at Cambridge, Massachusetts USA on Saturday, March 07, 2009

Released 3 yrs ago (3/6/2009 UTC) at Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

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Read it, then passed it on to a student who wants to write a thesis on graveyards and/or memorials.