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Readers who like their history books with plenty of anecdotes, sidebars, and little-known facts will enjoy Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell’s stories-behind-the-stories of the assassinations of United States Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley. Vowell actually visited virtually every site connected with these three assassinations and recounts not only the history of the individuals involved (namely, the presidents and assassins and their respective families), but also the stories of contemporary-era individuals (historians, museum curators, tour guides, descendants of the famous and infamous) whose lives and livelihoods have been touched by these heinous crimes. An offbeat but very entertaining and educational read.