Wisconsin Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
- ISBN-10
- 0762730404
- ISBN-13
- 9780762730407
- Category
- Curiosities and wonders
- Pages
- 243
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Falcon Guides
- Authors
- Michael Feldman, Diana Cook
Description
Popular public radio show host Michael Feldman and coauthor Diana Cook introduce Wisconsin's weirdest, wackiest, and most outrageous people, places, and things including a man who owes his life to a foam rubber cheesehead, a worm that plays basketball, and the best place to savor chicken in a hubcap.
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- 2009-04-14
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