South Dakota Curiosities

Autorentext

Andy Weeks is an award-winning journalist and a bestselling author of several nonfiction books on regional history and travel, some with a paranormal theme. He has written articles for national publications such as Wild West and FATE, and the horror entertainment magazines Fangoria and Scream. He also has written fiction and poetry, and many of these stories have appeared in literary publications and the national poetry anthology Dawn of Silence. As a journalist he enjoys enterprise reporting and coaching other writers, and has worked in several editing positions. As the former outdoors editor of a daily newspaper, he loves exploring the great outdoors and finding new adventures to write about.

Klappentext

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Mount Rushmore State has to offer!

Whether you're a born-and-raised South Dakotan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, South Dakota Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Bernie Hunhoff takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Mount Rushmore State.

• Meet the ghost hotel boss who gets agitated when the staff is slacking; the Guinness Book of World Records performer who hasn't missed a gig in more than fifty years; and a man who predicts the weather with onions.
• Attend a festival where you can throw buffalo chips; celebrate the town thought to be the inspiration for The Wizard of Oz; or wrestle in a pit of mashed potatoes.
• Visit the Kuchen Capital and eat your fill of the official state dessert, or the biggest maker of jackalope head mounts.

Inhalt

• Introduction
• East River
• Sioux Falls
• Missouri River Valley
• West River
• Black Hills