| Southern California Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities, & Other Offbeat Stuff Contributor(s): Rubin, Saul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0762727241 ISBN-13: 9780762727247 Publisher: Globe Pequot Press OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: Southern California Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the lower half of the Golden State has to offer. Humorist and veteran journalist Saul Rubin has traveled way off Southern California's beaten path for one-of-a-kind gems that make his home turf truly unique. You'll meet the world's loudest finger snapper, a man who teaches etiquette to camels, and a couple who built a house that spins. You'll discover the best places to eat raisin-sweet-potato pie, drink a date shake, or sample strawberry nachos and pizza. You'll tour an egg collection, a house of trash, and a burlesque museum featuring Gypsy Rose Lee's glove collection, Sally Rand's ivory-handled fans, and costumes from the likes of Blaze Starr, Lili St. Cyr, and Chesty Morgan. Whether you were born and raised in Southern California or are a recent transplant, Saul Rubin's home-grown humor will have you laughing out loud as he introduces you to the neighbors you never knew you had and takes you to places you never knew existed - right in your own backyard. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - West - Pacific (ak, Ca, Hi, Or, Wa) - Humor |
| Dewey: 917.94 |
| Series: Curiosities |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.56" W x 8.5" (0.90 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Welcome to Southern California, where residents take their pooches out for ice cream at the Hydrant Caf , attend an annual Blessing of the Cars, and then climb aboard a hearse for a Grave Line Tour to find out how, when, where, and sometimes why Hollywood's finest died. If you're a sports fan, visit the Baseball Reliquary, home to a partially smoked cigar of Babe Ruth, a fragment of skin from the inner left thigh of baseball pioneer Abner Doubleday, and the gold-plated shovel used by Angels owner Gene Autry during groundbreaking ceremonies at Anaheim Stadium in 1964. And don't forget the world's largest champagne glass, still bubbling away at the Lawrence Welk Museum. With this book in hand, readers will be sure to laugh as they learn what lies way off the beaten path in this part of the Golden State. |