Rhode Island Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series) - Softcover

Brown, Seth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762743387 ISBN 13: 9780762743384

Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing, 2007

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A former Providence Journal columnist introduces you to the quintessential Rhode Island—its iconic foods (coffee milk, the Awful Awful, Del’s lemonade, and Yacht Club Soda); its iconic monuments (the two-ton termite known as The Big Blue Bug, the Superman Building, and Mr. Potato Head); and its iconic events (Parade of the Ancients and Horribles, Best Dressed State Trooper Awards, and the Fools Regatta).

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Seth Brown has been writing professionally for over a decade. In 1997 he began a weekly rhyming political humor column for the Providence Journal. His writing has appeared in various publications ranging from the Patriot Ledger to USA Today. His first book, Think You're The Only One?, was published by Barnes & Noble in 2004. His column "The Pun Also Rises" appears in the North Adams Transcript on Fridays and won second place in the New England Press Association's 2006 awards for humor columnists.

Born and raised in Rhode Island, Brown graduated from Williams College, where he founded a humor magazine (which still exists) and a classical kazoo quintet (which does not). He produces the Leth&Sex News along with Lex Friedman. He contributes short jokes to the Washington Post's Style Invitational and limericks to BBSpot.com. His website is www.RisingPun.com.

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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Ocean State has to offer! Compete for the title of the Worst Example of Naval Architecture, the largest pumpkin, or the fastest rubber ducky.Visit the grave of a tuberculosis-causing vampire; the creator of the infamous science fiction universe "Cthulhu Mythos"; or the tomb/art collection of a late general and his wife. Enjoy some coffee milk, an Awful Awful, or an ice-cold Del's Frozen Lemonade.Whether you're a born-and-raised Rhode Islander or are a recent transplant, author Seth Brown will have you laughing out loud as he introduces you to the neighbors you never knew you had and takes you to places you never knew existed--right in your own backyard.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0762743387
• ISBN 13: 9780762743384
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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