Pilgrims and Abraham Lincoln

Take a listen to Sarah Vowell on St. Paul's NPR Thanksgiving edition of Midmorning. Ms. Vowell's discusses American history. She says the Puritans were not paragons of virtue, but were key to most Americans' views of themselves.

Sarah Vowell: Author and contributor to This American Life. Her new book is The Wordy Shipmates. Her other books include Assassination Vacation.