A frequent contributor to NPR and a New York Times best-selling author, Sarah Vowell is a popular historian known for her unique takes on past events. In The Wordy Shipmates, she turns her sharp wit and uncanny knack for capturing obscure details to early New England settlers and their lasting effect on American culture. Vowell offers listeners stories about Mayflower passengers, early colonists, and more that will inform even as they tickle the funny bone.