Maine Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, And Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series) - Softcover

Buch 39 von 54: Curiosities

Sample, Tim

 
9780762761142: Maine Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, And Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762761148 ISBN 13: 9780762761142
Verlag: Globe Pequot, 2011

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Humorists Tim Sample and Steve Bither reveal the wild and wacky side of Maine. Describing approximately 300 oddities--people, places, animals, historic tidbits, and trivia--their unique persepctive and witty narrative is highly entertaining. From the Society for the Preservation of the Black Fly to a jeweler whose medium is moose droppings, this is a great read for anyone who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tim Sample presents his legendary brand of Maine humor on stage and in videos, CDs, and books. He is the author of Saturday Night at Moody's Diner, and his "Postcards from Maine" essays appear regularly on CBS Sunday Morning. He lives in Brunswick, Maine.

Steve Bither is an attorney and also the founding member of the Wicked Good Band, a musical comedy group that performs at festivals and fairs around the state. He lives in Portland, Maine.

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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Pine Tree State has to offer! Whether you're a born-and-raised Mainer, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Maine Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Tim Sample and Steve Bither take you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Pine Tree State. Discover the very best places for blueberry pie, tube steaks, Italian sandwiches (the real Maine food), and--we kid you not--chocolate moose.Meet a chain saw sculptor who can carve the entire alphabet on a No. 2 pencil, carve your name on a belt buckle while you're wearing it, and carve a sculpture using two chain saws at the same time.Learn how a desert ended up in the middle of Maine; about Moxie, the state's official soft drink; and why Maine has no poisonous snakes.

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Verlag
Globe Pequot
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762761148
ISBN 13 
9780762761142
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
3
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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