Way Out in West Virginia: A Must Have Guide to the Oddities and Wonders of the Mountain State

Mozier, Jeanne

ISBN 10: 1891852027 / ISBN 13: 9781891852022

Published by Quarrier Press, 1999

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VG- with some moderate edgewear. Signed by author. Clean and unmarked interior.

Seller Inventory # 62082

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Way Out in West Virginia: A Must Have Guide to the Oddities and Wonders of the Mountain State
• Publisher: Quarrier Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891852027
• ISBN 13: 9781891852022
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Very Good-
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel

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Synopsis

Way Out , as the subtitle states, is a must have for anyone interested in exploring the numerous nooks and crannies that make up West Virginia. Mozier describes with wit and detail nearly 600 of the state's really wild and wacky offerings. Get the scoop on moldy mummies, the state food ( the pepperoni roll), great plumbing, Cornstalk's Curse, the only town in the country you enter through a parking garage, and tons more. Mozier will delight both the adventurer and armchair traveler alike.

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From the description of the tour of the prison at Moundsville: "... West Virginia couldn't afford to buy an electric chair, so prison officials took two inmates to Ohio to inspect theirs. When they returned, the inmates built Old Sparky, the deceptively flimsy looking mechanism that killed nine men before retiring in 1965."