Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario [Hardcover]

Daniel Manus Pinkwater (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 156 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Juv); First Edition edition (October 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039528970X
• ISBN-13: 978-0395289709
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,375,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Yobgorgle - A great kids book for Upstate New Yorkers, April 3, 2000

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This review is from: Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario (Hardcover)

Yobgorgle is a charming children's book written by Daniel Pinkwater. The story follows a young boy's summer with relatives in upstate NY while hunting Yobgorgle, a "monster" supposedly residing in Lake Ontario. Along the way, there are many fun adventures and for those of you who live in Upstate NY, a lot of references to the area, especially around Rochester and the Lake Ontario area. A great read, very imaginative!

4.0 out of 5 stars The hunt for Rochester's monster., April 3, 2004

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This review is from: Yobgorgle: Mystery Monster of Lake Ontario (Hardcover)

The Daniel M. Pinkwater books seem to have lost some of their popularity with subsequent generations-- too bad, because this was (and is) one of the funniest books for children that can be found.

Eugene Winkleman goes on vacation to Rochester, NY with his Uncle Mel-- a confirmed junk food junkie and vending machine repair man. While there, he gets involved in the search for Yobgorgle, the mysterious monster of Lake Ontario. Along the way he meets Professor Ambrose McFwain, Colonel Ken Krenwinkle, Captain Sinbad Weinstein and the Flying Dutchman.

Rochester natives will get extra points out of the book for recognizing the secret room in the children's library and the circular ramp parking garage ("He agreed that the spiral garage was the best thing in town.")

Pick it up if you can find it-- well worth the money!