Michigan. Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities and Other Offbeat Stuff

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The Globe Pequot Press
Publisher Place: Guildford. Conn
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: First Edition

Description: 271 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Part zany Michigan guidebook and part Who's Who of odd and unsung heroes, this outlandish compendium of the state's quirks and characters will amuse Michigan residents and visitors alike. · You'll marvel at the world's largest hairball, pucker up to a ninety-year-old moose, tour the Shipwreck Museum, and race to the finish line in the Outhouse Classic.· You'll study at the world's oldest Santa school, learn the definition of a "Yooper," and feast on Trenary's famous six-month-old toast.· You'll meet Detroit's Fast Freddy, the epitome of panache; Marshall's self-proclaimed "Cheese God"; and The Polish Muslims, kings of the "polka 'n' roll."This book is a tribute to the late Gene Taylor, himself a Michigan curiosity par excellence and the beloved former writer and executive producer of WOMC's "Dick Purtan and Purtan's People" morning show.

ISBN: 9780762706013