{"product_id":"oddball-michigan-paperback","title":"Oddball Michigan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerome Pohlen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more to Michigan than beautiful forests, shuttered factories, and miles and miles of stunning shoreline. Armed with this offbeat travel guide, you'll soon discover the strange underbelly of the Great Lakes State. Michigan has monuments to fluoridation, snurfing, the designer of the Jefferson nickel, and the once-famous Mr. Chicken, as well as festivals honoring tulips, Christmas pickles, and a 38-acre fungus. It's where you'll find the World's Largest Lugnut, the Nun Doll Museum, Joe's Gizzard City, the Teenie-Weenie Pickle Barrel Cottage, Howdy Doody, and Thomas Edison's last breath. The state also has its share of weird history--it's where Harry Houdini perished on Halloween night in 1926, where skater Tanya Harding's posse whacked Nancy Kerrigan, and where the Kellogg brothers invented popular breakfast cereals and less-popular yogurt enemas. Along with humorous histories and witty observations, Oddball Michigan provides addresses, websites, hours, fees, and driving directions for each of its 450 entries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJerome Pohlen\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor and travel writer whose travel writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReaders Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTimeOut Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the Oddball series and \u003ci\u003eProgressive Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a regular contributor on travel and culture for the \u003ci\u003e848 Show\u003c\/i\u003e on WBEZ, Chicago's NPR affiliate. He lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.43 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770652754208,"sku":"9781613748930","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/07d3aae949da0278e9ee248508a7380f.webp?v=1780376450","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/oddball-michigan-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}