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

Yoder, Rick; Harding, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762746831 ISBN 13: 9780762746835

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, 2010

Synopsis

Discover Nebraska’s curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Avoca Quack-Off, learn about the inland Linoma Lighthouse, view a Roller Skating Museum, and pay a visit to the world’s largest covered wagon. Only true Cornhuskers could capture the essence of these and other authentic Nebraska phenomena, and Rick Yoder and David Harding do their home state proud.

About this title

About the Author

Rick Yoder has spent his career working on sustainability solutions for businesses and his leisure time looking for Nebraska’s most curious people, places, and things. David Harding is a regular columnist on Nebraska history for the Omaha World-Herald.

From the Back Cover

Whether you're a born-and-raised Nebraskan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Nebraska Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Rick Yoder and David Harding take you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Cornhusker State. Go mooclear with two animal husbandry students who, in 1963, participated in the first cattle fallout-shelter survival test--by spending two weeks in close quarters with thirty-five cows . . . and one bull. Be wowed by the Chickendale Dancers at the annual Wayne Chicken Show--whose attractions also includea "cluck-off" competition. Visit the Avoca Quack-Off--when more than 1,000 people descend on Avoca (pop. 270) in mid-winter to drink beer and howl at the ducks racing across a flooded, frozen tennis court. (You can rent a bird for $5.)

Edition details

• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762746831
• ISBN 13: 9780762746835
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256