Wisconsin Curiosities, 3rd: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series) [Paperback]

Michael Feldman (Author), Diana Cook (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 14, 2009 | Series: Curiosities Series

Popular public radio show host Michael Feldman and coauthor Diana Cook introduce Wisconsin's weirdest, wackiest, and most outrageous people, places, and things including a man who owes his life to a foam rubber cheesehead, a worm that plays basketball, and the best place to savor chicken in a hubcap.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Michael Feldman’s incisive look at Badger State oddities finally allows Wisconsin to emerge from the long shadow of beer, cheese, sausage, and more beer.”

—Joe Queenan, humorist and author of Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon

From the Back Cover

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

• Meet the world’s largest talking cow, a man who converted a pickup truck into a tree house, and the

  world record holder in cricket spitting.
• Learn how Highway H becomes 2.5 miles longer in winter, where to find part of the Great Wall of

  China, and how a fifty-five-ton boulder ended up in the master bedroom of a house.
• Experience a game of baseball on snowshoes, the Parade of Beef at the annual Beef-A-Rama

  festival, and Mustard Day at the Mustard Museum.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; Third edition (April 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762748184
• ISBN-13: 978-0762748181
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)