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| Indiana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff |  | Author: Dick Wolfsie
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Category: Book
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Seller: NSbooks
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,169,006
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 306
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0762723513
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.2
EAN: 9780762723515
ASIN: 0762723513
Publication Date: May 1, 2003
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Product Description
"For the most part, the stuff in this book will not be advertised on billboards to draw you off the highway exits. This is a book for people who like the quirky, the offbeat, and the unusual. If you have absolutely no interest in how to astro-turf your car or where to find the John Wayne Museum, or a good frog race, you might want to buy one of those other books. . ." From the Introduction.
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Funny, interesting reading May 8, 2003
S. Mineart (Indianapolis, IN USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
You'll enjoy this book even if you don't live in Indiana -- and you'll definitely enjoy it if you do. Packed with the odd and unusual, this book was filled with surprises even for me, and I've lived in Indiana for almost 20 years. Strange things you'll see along the road, folks who collect or build wierd stuff, bizarre legends and history... Dick Wolfsie explains them all with both wit and respect, and turns in a first-rate book that you should have with you on any daytrip you take around the Hoosier state.
Great book! August 8, 2005
Tracy (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is really intersting and funny! It offers so much information about IN--things you never knew that are great trivia! Great for planning day trips in the state, too!
Excellent book of trivia December 9, 2007
Gov. Morton (West Lafayette, IN USA)
This book is amazing! It has many pieces of "useless" trivia - unless you stop and think about the uses of this knowledge. Did you know that a town in the Hoosier state seceded from the Union at the state of the Civil War? I didn't till I read this book - and I'm a major in that field with a wealth of knowledge on Indiana and the Civil War.
Wolfsie's lighthearted, witty style is perfect for this topic January 29, 2008
DWD (Indianapolis, IN)
Indianapolis TV personality Dick Wolfsie is well-known in Central Indiana for finding fun, interesting human-interest segments for his station's morning show. Wolfsie continues this theme by digging up oddities from all over the Hoosier state that would interest any traveler who wants to stray from the beaten path. Wolfsie provides a description of the curiousity, organized by region and alphabetized by the town in which it is located. The book covers five regions and includes a map of that region that labels every town mentioned in that section of the book, no matter how small the town.
Examples include the RV museum in Elkhart, a jar museum in Muncie and the site of John Dillinger's first official crime in Mooresville.
Wolfsie includes addresses, phone mumbers, websites, e-mail addresses and contact names (some are only available through appointments). Rough directions from Indianapolis are included.
Every car in Indiana should have this book January 7, 2010
Susan Fenton
A fun & light-hearted book with just the right amount of info to make you want to take that side trip and search out the highest spot in Indiana, the best ice cream store or an animal preserve. Dick has a great way with words. Every car in Indiana should have this book!!
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