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Oddball Michigan
Jerome Pohlen
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Description for Oddball Michigan
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
There’s more to Michigan than beautiful forests, shuttered factories, and miles and miles of stunning shoreline. Armed with this offbeat travel guide, you’ll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Great Lakes State. Michigan has monuments to fluoridation, snurfing, the designer of the Jefferson nickel, and the once-famous Mr. Chicken, as well as festivals honoring tulips, Christmas pickles, and a 38-acre fungus. It’s where you’ll find the World’s Largest Lugnut, the Nun Doll Museum, Joe’s Gizzard City, the Teenie-Weenie Pickle Barrel Cottage, Howdy Doody, and Thomas Edison’s last breath. The state also has its share of weird history—it’s where Harry ... Read more
There’s more to Michigan than beautiful forests, shuttered factories, and miles and miles of stunning shoreline. Armed with this offbeat travel guide, you’ll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Great Lakes State. Michigan has monuments to fluoridation, snurfing, the designer of the Jefferson nickel, and the once-famous Mr. Chicken, as well as festivals honoring tulips, Christmas pickles, and a 38-acre fungus. It’s where you’ll find the World’s Largest Lugnut, the Nun Doll Museum, Joe’s Gizzard City, the Teenie-Weenie Pickle Barrel Cottage, Howdy Doody, and Thomas Edison’s last breath. The state also has its share of weird history—it’s where Harry ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781613748930
SKU
V9781613748930
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Jerome Pohlen
Jerome Pohlen is the author of the Oddball series and a regular travel commentator for 848 on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio. He is a recent recipient of the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Best Essay. He lives in Chicago.
Reviews for Oddball Michigan
"Such grassroots creativity deserves to be celebrated, even by an author (Jerome Pohlen) who's from Chicago, a city which, let's be honest, cannot hold a candle to metro Detroit's oddball cred."
Detroit Free Press "[A] wonderful, ingenious book."
ExclusiveMagazine.com "[A] good get to know us guide."
The Motor City Blog "In 450 funny blurbs, the author covers sights people ... Read more
Detroit Free Press "[A] wonderful, ingenious book."
ExclusiveMagazine.com "[A] good get to know us guide."
The Motor City Blog "In 450 funny blurbs, the author covers sights people ... Read more