| Arizona Trivia Contributor(s): Soderberg, Paul (Author), Wojna, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1897278497 ISBN-13: 9781897278499 Publisher: Blue Bike Books OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 Annotation: Arizona is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places. bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters. Pick up a copy of Arizona Trivia to find out about all of these interesting facts and occurences. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Trivia - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) |
| Dewey: 979.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.38" W x 8.24" (0.52 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Arizona |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Arizona is full of fascinating and often humorous stories of strange places, bizarre events, intriguing history and colorful characters: * Mesa's founder was the great-grandfather of Fay Wray, star of King Kong (1933) * The place to go for great burgers in Kayenta is also the place to learn about the Navajo Code Talkers * Phoenix native Joan Ganz Cooney created Sesame Street * Irving Berlin wrote the greatest Christmas song of all time--''White Christmas''--while sitting beside a swimming pool in Phoenix * One of the seven species of horned lizards found in Arizona is the horny toad, which squirts blood from its eyes when frightened * Chandler holds an annual Ostrich Festival--one of the Top 10 Unique Festivals in the United States * The only two communities in the U.S. where postal workers still deliver mail by mule are both in the Grand Canyon--in Havasu Falls, where the Havasupai tribe has lived for 800 years, and in Phantom Ranch, a resort village * The ''Jojo's'' mentioned in the Beatles' song ''Get Back'' was a popular bar in Tucson * And more. |