New Jersey Curiosities
Author | : Peter Genovese |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2011-08-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780762769452 |
ISBN-13 | : 0762769459 |
Rating | : 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Whether you’re a born-and-raised New Jerseyan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, New Jersey Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Peter Genovese takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of theGarden State. Learn the proper way to cook a garbage can turkey, get the skinny on the real birthplace of baseball, and hear the story of Waving Willie, New Jersey’s friendliestroadside character. Meet the undisputed Weenie Queen of Garfield; a Hickory Dickory Dock clock–covering car artist; and a gas station-turned-restaurant-owning undertaker. Feel the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat at the New Jersey Cockroach Derby, and relive the OK Corral shoot-out and shoot cap guns at bad guys in Wild West City.