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Weird Kentucky: Your Travel Guide to Kentucky's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Volume 4) Hardcover – May 6, 2008

by Jeffrey Scott Holland (Author), Mark Moran (Foreword), Mark Sceurman (Foreword)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 164 ratings
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"Best Travel Series of the Year 2006!"—Booklist

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 bestselling phenomenon, Weird N.J. Now the weirdness has spread throughout key locales in the U.S. Each fun and intriguing volume offers more than 250 illustrated pages of places where tourists usually don’t venture—it’s chock-full of oddball curiosities, ghostly places, local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, and peculiar roadside attractions. What’s NOT shockingly odd here: that every previously published Weird book has become a bestseller in its region.

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    256 pages
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    Union Square & Co.
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    May 6, 2008
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    9.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1402754388
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    978-1402754388
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Union Square & Co. (May 6, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1402754388
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1402754388
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.35 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 164 ratings

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Jeffrey Scott Holland

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I am a Kentuckian currently transplanted to the Everglades of Florida, reporting live from the edge of the swamp. I write peculiar little books with antiquated pulp-fiction penny-dreadful dime-novel sensibilities and will continue until forcibly restrained.

You may also know me from the thousands of primitive folk-art neo-expressionist paintings I've shown and sold in galleries worldwide, or from any number of my low-fidelity musical projects over the years.

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Kindle Customer Abby
5.0 out of 5 stars Full of humor and wild stories which may be true!
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015
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I almost changed my mind about reading this book after reading the introduction. I quote here from that page, "One state that we suspected would be fertile ground for weirdness was Kentucky. We can't really say why that is, but the mere mention of the name of the state was enough to conjure up mental images of dark and haunted hollers in the backwoods of Appalachia." I was really offended by that statement but then wondered if he could have possibly met my weird family. I mean it's okay for me to call my family weird but no city slicker from Louisville better do it. Upon reading further and finding the subjects were of a haunted abandoned sanatorium, a blood drinking vampire cult, elusive colonies of little people, blue people, cave ghosts, lake monsters, a sleeping psychic and much more...well, who can resist that. The introduction didn't mention all the aliens floating around here and the caves with mummies under the city of Lexington. When I read the stories I got on google and started researching this stuff. How come I didn't know about all this going on around here? There's usually some truth to every story and there was to these, but I think some of the stories are probably tall tales. Mr. Holland has a fine sense of humor and you can tell it from his writing. One story was about some people in Hopkinsville who saw aliens outside their house one night. Mr. Holland writes, "Taylor and Sutton's response was, of course, to do the logical thing one does when finding an intruder (metallic or otherwise) on one's rural Kentucky property in the 1950's. They grabbed their guns and started shooting at it. As they opened fire, the creature did somersaults in the air and cartwheeled itself off into the wilderness." You might find this story as unbelievable as I did, but at 3:30 in the morning just as I was drifting off to sleep I heard quite a few helicopters going over. My first thought was that the aliens were landing here! Also something else strange about all these creatures (vampires, lizard men, whatever) they all seem to have red hair. Well, all except those aliens and of course they have the metallic, round heads, slitted eyes just like you see on tv. There was a story about the first person killed chasing a ufo. Of course that happened in Kentucky. Why am I not surprised? Thomas Mantell started chasing one and ended up crashing? I found the story of this also on his memorial on find a grave.com so I know there is some truth to it. Well, actually I kind of think he saw one. Uh, oh, been reading this book too long and I'm beginning to sound like Fox Mulder. Read it because you will love it. Like I said it is full of humor and you can tell the author really enjoys writing about this stuff and it shows in his stories. It's written with tongue in cheek I'm sure but you are going to believe some of them. Haven't seen my family mentioned yet, but not yet got to the feuding pages yet.
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Robert Tipton
5.0 out of 5 stars and I'm especially glad it covered Col
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2015
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I was surprised that the actually covered as many of our "weird" tales as it did, and I'm especially glad it covered Col. Harlan Sanders and the panther tales. As one contributor noted, Kentucky's Fish and Game officials will vehemently deny panthers exist in KY. In addition to hearing several people talk about their encounters, two friends I heard one late one night in 1968. On December 15, 2014, a young cougar was killed by a Game Warden in Bourbon County. Officials speculated in may have escaped from or been turned loose by someone who had it illegally. However, there are too many stories from around the state to dismiss this as a "tall tale." Some folks believe the first ones may have escaped form carnivals or illegal owners any years ago. Since they have virtually no fear of humans, are at the top of the food chain, and with the large amount of wooded areas in KY, they could easily thrive. Of course, there are lots of other tales covered in the book, but the big cat stories are among my favorites. The book is a good resource. The one big fault I find, is too often there isn't as much depth to the articles as I would like. It is a good place to start your research.
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Julia Skop
5.0 out of 5 stars Never been to Kentucky, but now I must.
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017
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Who knew Kentucky was so weird? This is a fascinating book, not necessarily to be read from cover to cover. I like to allow it to open on its own and start from there. Like when you reach for a handful of bridge mix, you are not sure what you are going to get but you know its going to be good. Many of the entries have inspired me to do my own research. The author is humorous and engaging and has compiled a mind boggling compendium of savory weirdness. Lots of great photographs (that beg the questions, who, why, where and what). I never knew how badly I wanted to go to, yes, Kentucky!
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Amanda McCubbins
4.0 out of 5 stars Cool book
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2022
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Excellent condition, interesting book, quick delivery
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Just Pat
5.0 out of 5 stars I just keep buying these over and over again.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2014
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I bought the first one of these as a birthday present for someone notorious to buy for. Always the wrong size, the wrong color, the plain freaking wrong thing all together. But, HE actually liked this and couldn't wait to sit down and read it.

I bought it again as a Christmas present for someone that I had no clue what to get. And after all this, I finally bought one for me. It's a great book full of fun facts and interesting stories.

And the next time gift-buying panic sets in, I'll probably get another!
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E. Ervin
5.0 out of 5 stars Weird Kentucky
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2015
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We were planning a trip to Kentucky so I bought this book before we left. It proved to be most helpful on our trip. We used it to discover some interesting places. It was fun to read the entire book and decide where we will go next. I would recommend purchasing this book if you are planning a vacation in Kentucky. You might miss some wonderful sights if you don't have this one. We have referred to it several times as we travel in Kentucky.
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D Kelleher
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Book!
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2010
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This book was so fun to read. I was going to just flip through it when it came but I ended up reading the entire book in one afternoon. The authors write with a sly sense of humor but never condescension-even when it comes to the wackiest stuff. They want you to experience the weird and nutty things in your own state that you probably don't even know about. (Most of the stuff in the book I DIDN'T know about) And enjoy doing it! I hope they do a book for each state.
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dalilarson
5.0 out of 5 stars A good stepping off for the weird travels of Kentucky.
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2019
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Great little travel guide with some fun trivia and facts. Still so much weird Kentucky not in the book but available from an in sundry of sources as you start exploring. Definitely would recommend for the fun and inquisitive at heart.
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