New York City Curiosities - Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Montanarelli has co-authored three nonfiction books, including Strange But True San Francisco and Strange But True Chicago (both Globe Pequot Press). She has contributed features, profiles, and reviews to San Francisco Chronicle, Art and Antiques Magazine, California Literary Review, Colorado Review, Agence France-Presse,and Publishers Weekly. Klappentext The definitive collection of New York City's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for New York City residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.  From Chinatown restaurants that make "bubble tea" to the Burger King peacock statue in Staten Island, this book will have it all. Zusammenfassung The definitive collection of New York City's odd! wacky! and most offbeat people! places! and things! for New York City residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist. From Chinatown restaurants that make "bubble tea" to the Burger King peacock statue in Staten Island! this book will have it all.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Montanarelli, Montanarelli Lisa
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2011
• EAN: 9780762760558
• ISBN: 978-0-7627-6055-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Curiosities Series; Curiosities Series; New York City Curiosities: Qui
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America; USA, New York, HISTORY / United States / General, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Northeast, MID-ATLANTIC