Eccentric California
Author | : Jan Friedman |
Publisher | : Bradt Travel Guides |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2005 |
ISBN-10 | : 1841621269 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781841621265 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Jan Friedman's Eccentric America proved that the most unlikely events and landmarks could become tourist attractions. This award-winning title is dedicated to the sheer lunacy of California and her citizens, covering the biggest, the best, the wackiest and weirdest of the state's people and places. From art-car and golf-cart parades to the Valentine's Day Sex Tour at the San Francisco Zoo; from a festival that moons Amtrak to a town with its own language; from obsessed collectors of Pez, yo-yos, and bananas to kitschy theme motels and a man who built a three-storey mountain out of hay, adobe, and old paint. Eccentric California takes an in-depth look at one very peculiar place.