Massachusetts Curiosities : Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, and Other Offbeat Stuff

by Bruce Gellerman and Erik Sherman

• ISBN13: 9780762730704
• ISBN10: 0762730706
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

This laugh-out-loud guide will introduce readers to the offbeat people, places, and events of the Bay State.

Author Biography

In addition to impeccable credentials, both authors have an excellent sense of humor. Within these pages author Bruce Gellerman--an international award-winning journalist with more than 20 years experience in radio, print, and television, including creating and hosting the popular NPR show "Here & Now"--turns his investigative reporting skills to the weird and wacky of his home state. Also reporting way off Massachusetts's beaten path is journalist Erik Sherman, whose writing and photographs have appeared in several national publications.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Introduction	viii
Greater Boston	1	(50)
The Technology Ring around Boston	51	(48)
Northeast Massachusetts	99	(26)
Southeast Massachusetts and the Cape and Islands	125	(52)
Central Massachusetts	177	(28)
West Massachusetts, the Connecticut River Valley, and the Berkshires	205	(42)
Index	247	(7)
About the Authors	254