Kansas Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff
Author(s): Pam Grout (Author)
- Publisher: Globe Pequot
- Publication Date: January 1, 2002
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0762723297
- ISBN-13: 9780762723294
Book Description
Kansas Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer. Humor columnist Pam Grout has combed Kansas for one-of-a-kind gems that make her home state truly unique. You’ll see artwork fashioned solely from fossilized shark teeth, spend the local “funny money” that bears the likenesses of such Kansas luminaries as William Burroughs, and discover an underground city beneath an ordinary thrift shop. Whether you were born and raised in Kansas or are a recent transplant, Pam Grout’s home-grown humor will have you laughing out loud as she introduces you to the neighbors you never knew you had and take you to the places you never knew existed – right in your own backyard. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 288 pages, b&w photos)
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Kansas Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Sunflower State has to offer. Humor columnist Pam Grout has combed Kansas for one-of-a-kind gems that make her home state truly unique.You’ll see artwork fashioned solely from fossilized shark teeth, spend the local “funny money” that bears the likenesses of such Kansas luminaries as William Burroughs, and discover an underground city beneath an ordinary thrift shop.Whether you were born and raised in Kansas or are a recent transplant, Pam Grout’s home-grown humor will have you laughing out loud as she introduces you to the neighbors you never knew you had and take you to the places you never knew existed – right in your own backyard. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 288 pages, b&w photos)
About the Author
Author Pam Grout grew up in Kansas, and once had a dog named Toto. Back in 1977 she helped set up the state’s first tourism department (Kansas was the last of the 50 to have one), and has been an avid promoter since. A frequent contributor to People magazine, she has also written for Travel & Leisure, Family Circle, Outside, and Modern Maturity among other periodicals, and is author of six books.In between her travels with her daughter, she conducts creativity workshops.
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