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  • Unfamiliar Fishes | [Sarah Vowell]
    Unfamiliar Fishes
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    Unfamiliar Fishes

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 28 mins)
    • By Sarah Vowell
    • Narrated By Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, John Hodgman, and others
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (755)
    Performance
    (409)
    Story
    (410)

    In Unfamiliar Fishes, Sarah Vowell argues that 1898 might be a year just as crucial to our nation's identity, a year when, in an orgy of imperialism, the United States annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Guam, and invaded Cuba and then the Philippines, becoming a meddling, self-serving, militaristic international superpower practically overnight. Of all the countries the United States invaded or colonized in 1898, Vowell considers the story of the Americanization of Hawaii to be the most intriguing.

    Kat says: "Sarah Vowell does it again!"
    "Should advertise it is written by a liberal"
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    If I wanted to hear the America-hating rants of a typical angry miserable lib I'd watch a Michael Moore movie, or I'd attend a union hall where Obama is speaking. I bought this book because I was interested in the subject matter, but every single sentence reeked of the tone characteristic of every art student I remember from college. The conclusion is we are terrible people (yet again) this time for what we did to Hawaii. However if you hate yourself you will probably enjoy this book.

    2 of 27 people found this review helpful

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