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Oddball Iowa
Jerome Pohlen
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Description for Oddball Iowa
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNF; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
This zany travel guide presents a more peculiar state than the Iowa Tourism Office might like out-of-towners to imagine. Leaving out the traditional scenic trips to the Mississippi River bluffs and the Amana Colonies, this guide will take the adventurous traveler to the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, the home of the "Lonely Goat Herder" marionettes from The Sound of Music, and the world's largest Cheeto. To enhance the experience of this unusual side of Iowa, the guide includes facts about numerous events in Iowa's history, such as Ozzy Osbourne's infamous bat-biting incident and Jesse James's first moving-train ... Read more
This zany travel guide presents a more peculiar state than the Iowa Tourism Office might like out-of-towners to imagine. Leaving out the traditional scenic trips to the Mississippi River bluffs and the Amana Colonies, this guide will take the adventurous traveler to the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, the home of the "Lonely Goat Herder" marionettes from The Sound of Music, and the world's largest Cheeto. To enhance the experience of this unusual side of Iowa, the guide includes facts about numerous events in Iowa's history, such as Ozzy Osbourne's infamous bat-biting incident and Jesse James's first moving-train ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781556525643
SKU
V9781556525643
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-23
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 Iowa
"Pohlen...wrote them up with humorous glee and gentle jabs not common in travel guidebooks."
Des Moines Register "Who knew...there were so many odd and unusual places in the Hawkeye State?"
Chicago Tribune "In addition to off-beat locales worth a visit, the guidebook offers some fun, sometime-obscure facts."
The Hawk Eye "The state is more ... Read more
Des Moines Register "Who knew...there were so many odd and unusual places in the Hawkeye State?"
Chicago Tribune "In addition to off-beat locales worth a visit, the guidebook offers some fun, sometime-obscure facts."
The Hawk Eye "The state is more ... Read more