{"product_id":"iowa-curiosities-quirky-characters-roadside-oddities-other-offbeat-stuff-paperback","title":"Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities \u0026 Other Offbeat Stuff - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Coffey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!Whether you're a born-and-raised Iowan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Iowa Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Eric Jones and Dan Coffey introduce you to the weirdest, wackiest, most outrageous characters and events in the state, and take you places you never could have imagined--some of them right around the corner! - Meet the Guinness World Record-holding house-of-cards builder, a 13-foot giant sloth wearing a Santa suit, and a man who hiccupped for sixty-nine years.- Discover the best places to play Chicken Bingo and Hoover Ball; bathe in a Murphy tub; or drink a strawberry phosphate, Pink Lady, or Dipsy Doodle. - Tour the rotating Squirrel Cage Jail, the only all-mule cemetery in Iowa, and the Matchstick Marvels museum, where you can view the U.S. Capitol (made of 478,000 matchsticks).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Coffey \u003c\/b\u003eis best known as public radio's \"Dr. Science.\" While in graduate school, Coffey co-founded an absurdist theater group who called themselves \"Duck's Breath Mystery Theater.\" After receiving his MFA in Playwriting from the University of Iowa in 1975, he and his comedy troupe moved to San Francisco, where they remained for the next twelve years, performing in night clubs and college campuses. Coffey and fellow Duck Merle Kessler developed the \"Ask Dr. Science\" show, which has been a staple on public radio since 1983. Coffey and Kessler have written two Dr. Science books, \"Dr. Science's Big Book of Science\" (Contemporary Books, 1985), and Dr. Science's Big Book of Science, Simplified (William Morrow, 1992). Dr. Science also was the star of a PBS special and a Fox television series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCoffey makes his home in Iowa City, Iowa, where he continues to write in a humorous vein. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-author\u003cb\u003e Eric Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a recent graduate of The University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program. A personal essayist and travel writer, he also works as a mover and as a nursing assistant at the University of Iowa Hospital's Burn Treatment Center.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.06 x 6.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45839613690053,"sku":"9780762754199","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/U2J3dk5xazFxYUVUOUF2bGxBMWlPQT09.webp?v=1771318207","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/iowa-curiosities-quirky-characters-roadside-oddities-other-offbeat-stuff-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}