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More copies of this ISBNNew York Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (New York Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other)by Cindy Perman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Empire State has to offer! • Visit the idyllic village whose residents “talk to dead people”; the town where monuments to its most famous daughter, Lucille Ball, abound; Americas one-and-only Kazoo factory and museum; and the National Buffalo Wing Festival with its “Running of The Chickens”—i.e., people dressed as chickens. • Learn how abolitionist James Caleb Jackson invented granula, the first cold breakfast cereal; why one of Rochesters favorite eateries is known as the Home of the Garbage Plate; and why the famous negative ions of Niagara Falls feel so good. • Meet the Wonderful Wizard of Chittenango, L. Frank Baum; Panda the Seeing Eye Horse; Brooklyns “little green invaders”; and the night watchman at the Fallow Hollow Deer Farm—a donkey! Synopsis:This all-new series title covers the entire Empire State, including a bizarre cemetery on 400 acres in the Bronx and a renowned restaurant in Rochester known as the Home of the Garbage Plate. If you can’t do it here, you can’t do it anywhere! Synopsis:CURIOSITIES These zany but true stories of people, places, and events are for anyone who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. Read about the landmarks and history not found in typical tourist travel guides!
NEW YORK CURIOSITIES This all-new series title covers the entire Empire State, including a bizarre cemetery on 400 acres in the Bronx and a renowned restaurant in Rochester known as the Home of the Garbage Plate. If you can’t do it here, you can’t do it anywhere! Cindy Perlman is a humor writer from Astoria, Queens.
MASSACHUSETTS CURIOSITIES, 2nd edition Discover more than 200 of the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Bay State has to offer in this completely revised and updated edition. Bruce Gellerman is a journalist from Watertown. Erik Sherman is a writer and photographer from Colrain.
About the AuthorCindy Perman is a native New Yorker, a freelance humor writer and an experienced journalist, who wrote for the Wall Street Journal Online for nine years. She knows the state up, down, left and right, having grown up in Rochester, attended school in Syracuse, and lived in New York City, where she's made her home since 1994. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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