New Hampshire Curiosities - 2nd Edition by Eric Jones (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The definitive collection of New Hampshire's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New Hampshire residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The definitive collection of New Hampshire's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New Hampshire residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Granite State has to offer. Whether you're a born-and-raised New Hampshirite, a recent transplant, or just passing through, New Hampshire Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Eric Jones takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Granite State.Meet the state's Official Gull Harasser (Uh-huh, it's a government job); a man who made 2,850 consecutive ascents of Mount Monadnock; and Dean Kamen, New Hampshire's very own twenty-first-century Thomas Edison.Lament the passing of the state-sponsored Roadkill Auction, where the frozen carcasses of everything from bobcat to black bear were available to the highest bidder--until a rabies outbreak put an end to this time-honored tradition.Visit the Exeter UFO Festival--an annual event in the town that saw one of the most impressive UFO sightings on record, in September 1965--and the 1804 grave of a soldier's amputated leg.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Eric Jones is a 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.
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