Oddball Florida - Jerome Pohlen

Oddball Florida

A Guide to Some Really Strange Places

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
306 Seiten
2003
Chicago Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-55652-503-2 (ISBN)
18,65 inkl. MwSt
This entertaining guide directs travelers to the off-the-wall and offbeat destinations in Florida, home of gator wrestlers, school bus demolition derbies, Hemingway wannabes, the Fountain of Youth, the Nudist Hall of Fame, and a utopian community based on the premise that the earth is not round, but concave. Additional oddball attractions include a graveyard for roosters, the world’s largest strawberry, the world’s smallest police station, and museums dedicated to seashells, hamburgers, oranges, teddy bears, sponges, air conditioning, and one very old petrified cat. Documenting local oddities and forgotten history, this travel guide covers Florida in six regions with maps and detailed directions for each site as well as phone numbers, hours, websites, and various photographs.

Jerome Pohlen is the author of the Oddball series and a regular travel commentator for 848 on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio. He is a recent recipient of the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Best Essay. He lives in Chicago.

Preface; Introduction: Ride the High Country or "They Went Thataway"; Cowboy Codes: Straight & Pure & All Boy; When We were Young: Nostalgia & the Cowboy Hero; Arms & the Man: The Friendly Gun; Give Me My Boots & Saddles: Camp Cowboy; Tall in the Saddle: Romance on the Range; White Hats & White Heroes: Who Is That Other Guy?; Virgin Land: Landscape, Nature, & Masculinity; Corporate Cowboys & the Shaping of a Nation; Postscript - The Frontiersman (1938); List of Films Mentioned; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.11.2003
Reihe/Serie Oddball series
Zusatzinfo Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort Chicago
Sprache englisch
Maße 139 x 215 mm
Gewicht 371 g
Themenwelt Reiseführer Nord- / Mittelamerika USA
ISBN-10 1-55652-503-6 / 1556525036
ISBN-13 978-1-55652-503-2 / 9781556525032
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich

von Ole Helmhausen; Ralf Johnen

Buch | Softcover (2023)
MAIRDUMONT (Verlag)
15,95

von Adam Karlin; Regis St. Louis; Terry Ward

Buch | Softcover (2024)
MAIRDUMONT (Verlag)
24,95
Reisen mit Insider-Tipps

von Sonja Alper; Anna-Barbara Tietz

Buch | Softcover (2024)
MAIRDUMONT (Verlag)
15,95