| Ohio Oddities: A Guide to the Curious Attractions of the Buckeye State Contributor(s): Zurcher, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598510479 ISBN-13: 9781598510478 Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Special Interest - Roadside Attractions - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Travel | United States - Midwest - East North Central (il, In, Mi, Oh, Wi) |
| Dewey: 917.710 |
| LCCN: 2008029136 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 210 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Cultural Region - Midwest |
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| Publisher Description: "Oddly delightful ... From the Blue Hole to the headless chicken, it's a wonderfully wacky page turner." -- Martin Savidge, CNN The Buckeye State has no shortage of strange, silly, goofy, quirky, eccentric, and just plain weird places, people, and things--if you know where to look. Nobody has looked in more places than Neil Zurcher, the popular TV travel reporter who has driven more than a million miles seeking out the unusual. This book collects his most remarkable finds, including the World's Largest Cuckoo Clock, the nation's only vacuum cleaner museum, Balto the Wonder Dog, the "bottomless" Blue Hole of Casalia, and lots more hard-to-believe stuff Zurcher's eye for unique and fun attractions can turn any road trip into a car ride through the Twilight Zone. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zurcher, Neil: - Neil Zurcher logged more than a million miles on Ohio's roads over 25 years as a TV travel reporter. He was the original host of the One Tank Trips travel report, which aired on Fox8 Television in Cleveland and has since been imitated in other television markets throughout the United States. He has also written about travel for AAA Ohio Motorist Magazine and The Plain Dealer. Zurcher received the Distinguished Service award from the Society of Professional Journalism and the Silver Circle award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He also received an Emmy, the Award for Excellence in Broadcasting from the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters, and has been inducted into the Cleveland Press Club Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Ohio Broadcasters Hall of Fame and received their Living Legacy Award in 2007. He has written five books about Ohio, including Ohio Oddities and Strange Tales from Ohio. He blogs at www.onetanktrips.com. |