“A delightful read … Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio’s famous inventors and funniest first achievements.” — Akron Life Magazine
Ohio history can get pretty strange! Here are 75 odd tales of Ohio’s most remarkable people, places, and events — From the author of the popular offbeat travel guide “Ohio Oddities.”
- Learn why residents of Blueball, Ohio, erected a monument to a pig.
- Witness the birth of the inflatable airplane in Akron.
- Revisit Ohio’s last public whipping, near Dayton.
- Was Ohio really bombed by the Japanese in World War II?
- Read about Ashtabula’s famed Headless Chicken, who lived without his noggin for 38 days …
- Meet the man who invented disposable diapers …
This book is a real treat for anyone who enjoys Ohio history with a twist.
Author: Neil Zurcher
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 241
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.48w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781598510485
Language: English
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