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Weird California (Weird)
Weird California (Weird)
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Authors: Greg Bishop, Joe Oesterle, Mike Marinacci
Creators: Mark Moran, Mark Sceurman
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book

List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 193408

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 9.1 x 1.4

ISBN: 1402733844
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.4
EAN: 9781402733840
ASIN: 1402733844

Publication Date: March 2, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

THE WEIRD SERIES

What?s weird around here? That?s a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years?and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the best-selling phenomenon, Weird N.J. But why should they stop at New Jersey when there?s so much that?s peculiar, odd, and utterly nutty across the whole U.S.? So the two Marks?along with several other writers with a taste for the strange?have focused on some key locales, giving each of them the full ?New Jersey? treatment. Spanning the breadth of the country, from New York to California, these are travel guides of a sort, but to the kind of places voyagers will never find on their everyday maps. Instead, they?re chock-full of local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, and bizarre roadside attractions. So come along and join the fun: Some of what?s out there is disturbing, some hilarious, but all of it is unforgettably?weird.

Praise for WEIRD N.J.:

?They are the chroniclers of the creepy, bards of the bizarre?From abandoned asylums to colorful real-life characters past and present, to folk stories of ghosts, monsters, and aliens, Mr. Sceurman and Mr. Moran have created a journal of New Jersey?s unwritten history.??The New York Times.

?Enough with the head-severing mobsters of Jersey. The state is packed with far more evil than TV could ever invent?from satanic Klan rallies to time-traveling tree farmers. And Weird N.J. has the pictures to prove it.??Rolling Stone.

?Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran see their native state as others do not. For them, it is a demented Disneyland of worldly, and otherworldly, delights.??The Boston Globe.

?If it?s the offbeat, paranormal or downright weird that you crave?there could be no better place??USA Today.

Praise for Weird U.S.

?Weird U.S. is delicious armchair reading. Who can resist an ax-wielding man in a bunny suit, a home shaped like a giant shoe, cannibal albino villages, midget colonies, passages to hell or close relations of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster???San Francisco Chronicle.

?Weird U.S. is a marvelous work of entertainment and the basis for a truly unique vacation.??Library Journal.

?Kudos to Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman?This is the book by which future explorers will chart their road trips in pursuit of the meaning of this nation.??New York Press.




Customer Reviews:   Read 2 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars A different kind of travel book   October 3, 2008
This is an interesting book, full of truly weird facts about our great State. Even folks that aren't heavy readers will have fun leafing through it's pages.


5 out of 5 stars great travel book for those weekend california getaways!   February 13, 2008
  3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Perfect solution for weekend getaways if you live in or near California. Can't wait to start traveling to some of these cool places. Very well written with outstanding photography.


3 out of 5 stars Entertaining but lacking a map   April 5, 2007
  3 out of 3 found this review helpful

As others have stated, the one big thing lacking in this book is a map. It would be much more convenient if there was an overall map citing the locations of places described in the book so you could easily see what weirdness is near you to explore. Even a simple index by county would be more useful than nothing. I can't speak to the fact checking, but it is an entertaining read.


1 out of 5 stars Wrong Information   September 21, 2006
  7 out of 13 found this review helpful

I picked up this book out of facination. I realized that in the County where I live they spoke of the Olivas Adobe. But they had the facts of the place all wrong. One instance, they had the owner and builder of the Adobe, who in fact was a part of the Mexican Army under General Santa Ana, serving under General Santa Barbara. There never was a General Santa Barbara. Too bad. The legend of this ghostly place has a great story but told by the wrong people. They need to do a little bit more research than just crank out books with misinformation.


3 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but lacking important key info.   August 2, 2006
  8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Photos, illustrations and stories are great. But I found the overall book lacking in one key area: Maps to show you where these places are located. Or even where some of the cities are located. Very fun book but but I felt I wanted more info. with greater detail.


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