Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell [Kindle, Amazon]

I love me some Sarah Vowell. She can do no wrong.

No one else tells history in such an engaging and entertaining way.

I told my kids the story of how America almost didn’t happen because of a bad production of The Barber of Seville. And the kids go, why don’t they tell those stories in history class?! And I’m like, I KNOW RIGHT?

Read all the Sarah Vowell you can.