Alabama Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff - Paperback

by Joe Cuhaj (Author)

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

Whether you're a born-and-raised Alabamian, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Alabama Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Andy Duncan and Joe Cuhaj introduce you to the weirdest, wackiest, most outrageous characters and events in the state, and takes you places you never could have imagined-some of them right around the corner!

- Meet America's most famous blind golfer and a vivid assortment of aliens and monsters.

- Learn about the cattle-mutilation mystery in the town of Fyffe.

- Visit the Interstate Mullet Toss; graves of the famous, the pure, and the canine; and the Unclaimed Baggage Center, where you can buy a forty-one-carat emerald or a shrunken head-cheap.

- Discover Hitler's tea service and typewriter; giant peaches and peanuts; the world's largest boll weevil; and the bridge that roosters built.

Author Biography

Joe Cuhaj is a former Mobile, Alabama radio personality turned author and freelance writer, having penned twenty nonfiction books in the last 25 years including Paddling Alabama, Baseball in Mobile, and Notable Women of Alabama. He has also written many articles for magazines and online publications on a wide variety of topics ranging from the environment to political issues. Joe lives in Fairhope, Alabama.

Andy Duncan is an award-winning writer and lifelong Southerner whose fiction and nonfiction works have appeared in numerous books and periodicals. His first book, Beluthahatchie and Other Stories, won the 2001 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.