Weird Kentucky
Book description
"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…
Why read it?
1 author picked Weird Kentucky as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a lavishly illustrated collection of old and new oddities from around the state, including cryptids, ghosts, cave mummies, UFOs, roadside attractions, the Melungeons (what’s a Melungeon? Read it and see), and the famous Blue People.
I was attracted by the entertaining writing style, the inclusion of both documented fact and folklore, and biographies of historical characters.
From Keven's list on Kentucky weirdness.
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