Chicago Curiosities (eBook)

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

Scotti Cohn (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011 | 1., First Edition
192 Seiten
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-0-7627-7499-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The definitive collection of Chicago's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Chicago residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. 

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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and thingsthe Windy City has to offer!Whether you're a born-and-raised Chicagoan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Chicago Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Scotti Cohn takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Windy City.Watch Daedalus and Icarus fly across the faade of the Savings of America Buildingand wonder ifthe mural's location might carry a message for the financial industry. . . .A baboon with wings? A predatory grasshopper? Figure out for yourself just what Picasso's ';gift toChicago'a sculpture unveiled in 1967represents.Want to stand out? You can do so at the Ledge at Skydeck Chicago, an all-glass architectural wonderattached to the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower).Meet the man who travels the world impersonating President Obama.

Autor

Scotti McAuliff Cohn is a writer and freelance editor specializing in history and young-adult fiction. Her other books include It Happened in North Carolina and More than Petticoats: Remarkable North Carolina Women. After living for more than twenty years in North Carolina, she now makes her home in Bloomington, Illinois.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.1.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Curiosities Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Illinois • Midwest
• ISBN-10: 0-7627-7499-1 / 0762774991
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7627-7499-9 / 9780762774999