GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.-- New York Times-bestselling author Sarah Vowell joined us this morning to tell us about her new book, Unfamiliar Fishes.
Sarah Vowell once again delights and declaims as she makes unexpected and eye-opening connections between America's past and present, as well as between the lush tropical paradise lost that is Hawaii and our broader national story. Of all the countries the U.S. invaded or colonized in 1898, Vowell considers the story of the Americanization of Hawaii to be the most intriguing. From the New England missionaries who arrived in 1820 to Christianize the local heathen to the coup d'état led by the missionaries' sons in 1893, overthrowing the Hawaiian queen, the events leading up to American annexation feature a cast of beguiling if often appalling or tragic characters. With Vowell's trademark wry insights and reporting, she lights out to discover the odd, emblematic, and exceptional history of the fiftieth state.
Sarah is hosting a book signing tonight at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Edina.
You can find her book, Unfamiliar Fishes, in bookstores everywhere.