Eccentric America: The Bradt Guide to All That's Weird and Wacky in the USA: 1 (Bradt Travel Guides) [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Everything in this extraordinary book is testimony to the fun that author Jan Friedman has had in its compilation. Where else would you encounter a woman who has built her business on ducks wearing diapers? Or a junk modeller legally married to one of his junk robots? Discovering eccentric characters, past and present, and putting on the map the most bizarre events that the USA can offer, Jan has put together an offbeat region-by-region guide to one of the most varied and popular holiday destinations worldwide.

The biggest, the best, the boldest, the brashest - America often seems larger than life! In this offbeat look at the USA, Jan Friedman celebrates the irrepressible sense of the absurd that leads apparently ordinary people to turn their backs on convention and let their inventiveness run amok. An entertaining guide to almost a thousand festivals and events, attractions, tours, shopping, restaurants, hotels and eccentric environments, Eccentric America brings you the bizarre festivals, the amazing museums and the wacky characters that populate the fringes of mainstream tourism. In fact, just about the only things that are normal about this travel guide are the boring things like websites and directions. So head for somewhere seriously weird and join the fun! (5 1/4 x 8 1/2, 376 pages, color photos, illustrations maps)