Connecticut Curiosities, 2nd; Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

by Susan Campbell and Bill Heald

• ISBN13: 9780762741038
• ISBN10: 0762741031
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-11-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

This thoroughly up-to-date and revised edition includes thirty-one new entries and photographs. Humorists Bill Heald and Susan Campbell not only reveal the Connecticut origins of lollipops and the oft-quoted phrase "mad as a hatter" but also introduce you to such novelties as waterbeds for dairy cows, a cornfield maze with a theme, and an investment you can hug. This collection of wry observations about Connecticut's oddest phenomena will surprise and entertain even the most dyed- in-the-wool Nutmeggers!

Author Biography

Susan Campbell is an award-winning, nationally syndicated columnist and feature writer for the Hartford Courant. She lives in Marlborough, Connecticut.
Bill Heald is a writer and photographer whose articles about trends and travel from New York to New Zealand appear regularly in Rider magazine and in many other motorcycle-related publications as well as on Playboy.com. He lives in Hampton, Connecticut.

They are two Connecticut residents with witty senses of humor and a taste for the tasteless and the offbeat--who also manage to hold respectable jobs. Together they bring new meaning to the word silly.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vi
Introduction	p. vii
Northwest	p. 1
North-Central	p. 33
Northeast	p. 85
Southwest	p. 123
South-Central	p. 165
Southeast	p. 211
Index	p. 255
About the Authors	p. 261
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