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Country United States Publication date October 2008 Pages 272 pp Originally published October 2008 Genre Non-fiction Publisher Riverhead Books | 3.7/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-59448-999-0 Preceded by Assassination Vacation Subject History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wordy Shipmates is the fifth book by the American social commentator Sarah Vowell, published in October 2008. The book chronicles the 17th and 18th century history of Puritan colonists in Massachusetts, United States. The book delineates a dichotomy between the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and those who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, by analysing several key historical events, like the Pequot War and the banishment of Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson.
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