Oregon Curiosities, 2nd: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series) [Paperback]

Harriet Baskas (Author)

Book Description

Series: Curiosities Series | Publication Date: January 6, 2010

The definitive collection of Oregon's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Beaver State residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

 

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From the Back Cover

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Beaver State has to offer!

Whether you’re a born-and-raised Oregonian, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Oregon Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Harriet Baskas takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Beaver State. 

• Meet the lovely but carnivorous Darlingtonia californica lily and the ghostly Bandage Man from

   logger’s heaven.

• Discover the Best Funky Food Show, where Jell-O is the medium with the message; the Silvy 250, a

   race in which love seats and recliners get rolling; and an infamous lighthouse known as “Terrible Tilly,”

   where only the dead are welcome to stay.

• Experience a town with streets full of frogs, an eight-state mac ’n’ cheese contest, and the unsettling

  Oregon Vortex where gravity goes giddy.

About the Author

Harriet Baskas is the author of six travel books, including Washington Curiosities for Globe Pequot Press. She is also an award-winning public radio producer.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; Second edition (January 6, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762749717
• ISBN-13: 978-0762749713
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,193,669 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)