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Oddball Florida: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places (Oddball series)
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by Jerome Pohlen
Sales Rank: 273199
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List Price: $14.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 306 pages
Published by: Chicago Review Press November 1, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1556525036
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1556525032
Book Dimensions:
8.7 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 13.1 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
Beneath the glossy sparkle of Disney World and the palm tree-lined sandy beaches, there's a lot of weird stuff going on in Florida. Pohlen, an oddball travel connoisseur (he's penned Oddball books on Minnesota, Colorado, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana), tells readers where to find, among other attractions, an art museum dedicated to painted bowling balls; a shop that sells shellacked alligator heads and google-eyed frogs made from clam shells; and a cemetery where dead fighting cocks are buried. Pohlen splits the book into regions and gives specifics for each site. While there are plenty of peculiar places listed here (e.g., a sinkhole in Winter Park, where, one night in 1981, an auto repair shop, a home, a Laundromat and a swimming pool all disappeared), many sites aren't odd at all. The Kennedy Space Center, for example, is "a place where nerds with pocket protectors, the ones who push the boundaries of human exploration, are given the respect they deserve." Other entries are just places where famous incidents took place, such as the mall where Jennifer Capriati got busted for shoplifting. Maps, b&w photos.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Daily News
"Pohlens witty descriptions and love of the bizarre make every site seem worth visiting."
Reader Reviews
We as snowbirds travel to florida each winter, this books is full of info of places we visited that now after reading it, we must revisit some of those places. "Great Book full of info" DWS
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