Massachusetts Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff - Softcover

Gellerman, Bruce; Sherman, Erik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762730706 ISBN 13: 9780762730704

Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr, 2004

Synopsis

From the Museum of Bad Art to the Museum of Burnt Toast, Massachusetts offers an amazing variety of odd collections and, shall we say, "interesting" collectors. It's also the birthplace of barbed wire, the monkey wrench, shredded wheat, the smiley face, and the flamingo lawn ornament. With this guide in hand, visitors will smile their way through the Bay State and learn what Yankee ingenuity is really all about.

About this title

About the Author

Bruce Gellerman is an international award-winning journalist with more than twenty years' experience in radio, print, and television, including creating and hosting the popular public radio show Here & Now. Journalist Erik Sherman's writing and photographs have appeared in several national publications., and he is the author of Geocaching: Hike and Seek with Your GPS.

From the Back Cover

Massachusetts Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Bay State has to offer. Humor writers Bruce Gellerman and Erik Sherman have combed Massachusetts for one-of-a-kind gems that make their home state truly unique.

You ll meet an association of grave rubbers, the father of the Concord grape, the real Kilroy (who was here), and Boston s corrupt first mayor.
You ll visit a macabre medical museum, a house made out of newspapers, the smallest church in the world, and a golf course with a cemetery on it.
You ll discover a bridge that talks back to you, a beach that sings to you, a 38-foot seahorse, and the largest marble collection in the world.

Whether you were born and raised in Massachusetts or are a recent transplant, the authors home-grown humor will have you laughing out loud as they introduce you to the neighbors you never knew you had and take you to places you never knew existed right in your own backyard.

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762730706
• ISBN 13: 9780762730704
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253