Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Michigan (Bathroom Reader) | 
| Author: Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Publisher: Portable Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 240125
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 1592232671
Dewey Decimal Number: 977.400207
EAN: 9781592232673
ASIN: 1592232671
Publication Date: July 10, 2005
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Product Description
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Michigan presents over 300 pages of little known facts and witty dish on the Great Lakes State. With over 10 million residents, Michigan has no shortage of fascinating folklore and colorful characters. Porcelain partisans can read about the antics of the Kellogg Brothers, the first minimum daily wage, the world's only floating post office, the different flags that have flown over Michigan, and much more.
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 Michigan October 8, 2007
I bought this book for my wife who's born, bred, and buttered from the upper part of the lower penninsula..a fact of which she's quite proud. She says she enjoyed it very much and learned a lot of stuff about Michigan that she didn't know. She seemed to enjoy it so much that she had me buy a copy for each of her 6 brothers and sisters, two of whom have lived and still live in Michigan.
Good stuff, but some duplication May 15, 2007
If you've got other bathroom readers, then you've already seen the longest articles (on GM, Buick, etc.) in this book. Most of the articles are new and up the usual Bathroom Reader standards. The crosswords were too difficult for me, though. I'm not sure I'd want to spend the kind of time in the bathroom that I'd need to do them.
 Midwest Handbook January 6, 2007
Having moved to Chicago from NYC last summer, I found this book essential reading. You'll learn why Midwesterners call soda "pop", what the difference is between northern and southern Michigan, and how the prohibition law relates to Canadian "trade". A must read for all history enthusiasts, as good as or better than the Bathroom Reader general article series. I also enjoy the New Jersey book and I'm going to start Texas soon. I recommend them to just learn more about the USA!
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