Whether you're a born-and-raised New Jerseyan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, New Jersey Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Peter Genovese takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of theGarden State.Learn the proper way to cook a garbage can turkey, get the skinny on the real birthplace of baseball, and hear the story of Waving Willie, New Jersey's friendliestroadside character.Meet the undisputed Weenie Queen of Garfield; a Hickory Dickory Dock clockcovering car artist; and a gas station-turned-restaurant-owning undertaker.Feel the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat at the New Jersey Cockroach Derby, and relive the OK Corral shoot-out and shoot cap guns at bad guys in Wild West City.
| ISBN: | 9780762769452 |
| Publication date: | 2nd August 2011 |
| Author: | Genovese, Peter |
| Publisher: | Globe Pequot |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |