Weird Maryland: Your Travel Guide to Maryland's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets [Hardcover]

Matt Lake (Author), Mark Moran (Foreword), Mark Sceurman (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2006

GET WEIRD!

“Best Travel Series of The Year 2006”—Booklist

 

What’s weird around here? Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman asked themselves this question for years. And it’s precisely this offbeat sense of curiosity that led the duo to create Weird N.J. and the successful series that followed. The NOT shockingly result? Every Weird book has become a best seller in its region!

 

((Series Sales Points))

 

This best-selling series has sold more than one million copies…and counting

 

Thirty volumes of the Weird series have been published to great success since Weird New Jersey's 2003 debut

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (July 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402739060
• ISBN-13: 978-1402739064
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 9.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Offbeat Wonders of Maryland! }8#> (Goatman Smile), August 19, 2006

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Thomas Izaguirre "ratravarman" (Edgewater, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Weird Maryland: Your Travel Guide to Maryland's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Hardcover)

This brought back many memories of my childhood when I grew up with some of the many urbans legends looked at in this entertaining volume! Inexplicably enduring figures as the Goat Man, the Bunny Man, and the Snallygaster are shown with such real life characters as Moll Dyer, persecuted as a witch and the notorious crime mistress Patty Cannon. One of the nice touches is the inclusion of current colorful characters in the state, such as horror show host Count Gore Devol and eccentric art entrepreneur Joe of Ocean Gallery in Ocean City. I won't go into any more detail because the sheer volume of surprises is worth many times the price! Initially, I was disappointed that precise locations of many of these wonders were not included but there are understandable reasons given for the omissions, but it can also be said that being easy to find would cheapen them. These wonderful secrets make me appreciate living in the Old Line State even more! There was so much more that could have been added that I could not give it a full five stars...but that is what future editions are for! I can't wait for the next one!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grew up with the goatman, June 25, 2010

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Gaunt Ghost (Annapolis, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weird Maryland: Your Travel Guide to Maryland's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Hardcover)

I couldn't have asked for a better book about the spooky side of MD. I couldn't put this book down! Between the large variety of well-written tales to the high quality photos, this is certainly worth the mere $14 asking price. It is great for residents of MD or even travelers stopping in MD for a while! A+++! Dare to pick up your copy today!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and interesting to read, January 3, 2007

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Donna R. Hill "Bes Eden" (Bedford, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Weird Maryland: Your Travel Guide to Maryland's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Hardcover)

Being from Maryland, I loved reading about the 'weird' things there. Although I had heard about a lot of them all my life, I found the book contained many other stories from different areas that were very interesting. This book is a must for any Marylander's library if you like to read and know trivia about your state! I love it!