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Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird)

Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird)
Authors: Mark Moran, Mark Sceurman
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 12 reviews
Sales Rank: 69143

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 356
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 9.1 x 1.3

ISBN: 0760750432
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780760750438
ASIN: 0760750432

Publication Date: October 4, 2004
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Product Description
What’s weird around here? That’s a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years—and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the best-selling phenomenon, Weird N.J. But why should they stop at New Jersey when there’s so much that’s strange, odd, and utterly nutty all across the U.S.? So they’ve expanded their universe, taken their act on the road, and found stories of weirdness in every state in the nation. The result is a travel guide of sorts, but to the kind of places voyagers will never find on their everyday maps. Instead, it’s chock full of the local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, abandoned sites, and bizarre roadside attractions. So come along and visit such unique spots as Midgetville, explore long-empty insane asylums, and go through forgotten tunnels—but keep in mind that the maniacal Bunnyman just might be hiding out in one of them. Some of what’s out there is disturbing, some of it's hilarious, but all of it is unforgettably…weird.



Customer Reviews:   Read 7 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Don't leave this book lying around!   May 12, 2007
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Totally freaky and as far as I know, 100% true. The book opens with case after case of Satanism, portals to Hell, etc. After you pass this "test" then the authors and contributors let you onto some really cool and unbelievable stuff, like, who really has Royal claim to the North American continent. Ha!


4 out of 5 stars Very Informative!   March 8, 2007
 0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is a great book if you plan to travel. It shows all the great places to stop at.


4 out of 5 stars Hooray for weird!   October 6, 2005
 23 out of 23 found this review helpful

Apparently, I must be somewhat weird, because this last Christmas, I was given four copies of this book by four different people. (And then, coincidentally, three of my friends got this book for their birthdays....)
This book is loaded with weird facts, legends, lore, people, photographs, ghost stories, haunted places, supernatural figures, terrifying ruins and tunnels and forests and abandoned buildings, tall tales, odd museums, and answerless mysteries.
I've travelled a lot around America, and I've come across a lot of strangeness that's not in this book--I always ask people, "What's the strangest thing you've ever seen?"--but what it is here is entertaining and unique, if occasionally doubtful. The book deals more with the East than with the West, and as a result of that a lot of cool stuff is never even mentioned that could be. There's only one or two items from New Mexico, and nothing at all on skinwalkers--the creepiest lore there is.
Some parts of the book are actually frightening though--like phantom clowns!--and would be even scarier if read during an actual visit to these places.
I recommend this book highly--it's very readable, though I wish it had maps or directions to the places it describes--and I will probably buy any sequels.



5 out of 5 stars goosebump reading!   August 7, 2005
 6 out of 10 found this review helpful

This is the kind of going down a deserted road and then-AHHH!! reading, not Hollywood, this is what we have all experienced at one time or another.It will keep you up reading it all night,but maybe not on Halloween? Must have all the other books in this series, a must read!!


4 out of 5 stars Fun coffeetable book; not a guidebook   June 23, 2005
 19 out of 21 found this review helpful

If you buy this planning to go on a wierd US tour, you'll be disappointed, because the directions to each place aren't very well documented. If you want to visit any of these weird attractions, plan to make copious use of the Internet to search out better directions so that you don't get lost on the way.

The layout of this book is gorgeous, and while it may not be worth the original B&N price, the Amazon marketplace price makes it a steal. The pictures are just fabulous. I love the personal narrations by different authors, but some other reviewers have noted mistakes, so they need to be taken with a grain of salt.


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