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Product Identifiers

PublisherChicago Review Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101613746660

ISBN-139781613746660

eBay Product ID (ePID)164734756

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages

Publication NameOddball Wisconsin : a Guide to 400 Really Strange Places

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

SubjectUnited States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), Curiosities & Wonders, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / General

TypeNot Available

AuthorJerome Pohlen

Subject AreaTravel, Reference, History

SeriesOddball Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

LCCN2013-002262

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Proves that no matter how cold it gets, Wisconsin residents have a sense of humor." -- Arlington Heights Daily Herald, "Proves that no matter how cold it gets, Wisconsin residents have a sense of humor." Arlington Heights Daily Herald, "This in not your parents' travel book, but in the new millennium, all guides will be written like this." Chuck Shepherd , News of the Weird, "If you use this . . . guide for your family summer vacation you might want to change your name to Griswold." - Portage Daily Register, "Proves that no matter how cold it gets, Wisconsin residents have a sense of humor." - Arlington Heights Daily Herald, "This in not your parents' travel book, but in the new millennium, all guides will be written like this." -Chuck Shepherd , News of the Weird, "If you use this . . . guide for your family summer vacation you might want to change your name to Griswold." Portage Daily Register, "This in not your parents' travel book, but in the new millennium, all guides will be written like this." --Chuck Shepherd , News of the Weird, "Any red-blooded, proud, and honest Wisconsinite will find these well-researched chapters funny, fascinating, and useful" - City Pages, "If you use this . . . guide for your family summer vacation you might want to change your name to Griswold." -- Portage Daily Register "Tells you how to see such gems as...the Hamburger Hall of Fame in Seymour." -- Associated Press "This in not your parents' travel book, but in the new millennium, all guides will be written like this." --Chuck Shepherd , News of the Weird "[Pohlen's] prose makes reading the Oddball guides a delight." -- Salt Lake Tribune "Any red-blooded, proud, and honest Wisconsinite will find these well-researched chapters funny, fascinating, and useful" -- City Pages "The oddest and most enjoyable travel book that I have ever read" -- The Prescott Journal "Proves that no matter how cold it gets, Wisconsin residents have a sense of humor." -- Arlington Heights Daily Herald, "This in not your parents' travel book, but in the new millennium, all guides will be written like this." - Chuck Shepherd, News of the Weird, "Proves that no matter how cold it gets, Wisconsin residents have a sense of humor". -- Arlington Heights Daily Herald, "Any red-blooded, proud, and honest Wisconsinite will find these well-researched chapters funny, fascinating, and useful" City Pages, "If you use this . . . guide for your family summer vacation you might want to change your name to Griswold." -- Portage Daily Register, "Any red-blooded, proud, and honest Wisconsinite will find these well-researched chapters funny, fascinating, and useful" -- City Pages

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal977.5

Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisUpdated and even weirder, this new edition boasts more than 400 unique destinations for tourists looking for attractions off the beaten path. Bizarre locations and landmarks include Chainsaw Gordy's Garden of Saws, Smokey Bear's head, the World's Largest Soup Kettle, the Toilet Bowl Parade, and the world's only upside-down White House. This book offers fascinating and little-known historical tidbits and answers burning questions such as Where was Liberace born? What is a hodag, and how do you catch one? Who invented the hamburger? and Will a Polka Hall of Fame ever be built? This is the real guide to Wisconsin, birthplace of the snowmobile, the typewriter, and the ice cream sundae. The address, phone number, hours, cost, directions, and website of each oddity accompany its description.

LC Classification NumberF579.3.P64 2013