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News of the weird / by Chuck Shepherd, John J. Kohut, and Roland Sweet.
LIBRA - Special E179 .S549 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shepherd, Chuck.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curiosities and wonders--United States--Anecdotes.
- Curiosities and wonders.
- Local history.
- United States--History, Local--Anecdotes.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Local history.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New American Library, 1989.
- Summary:
- Fact is stranger than fiction. Just when you thought it was safe to read the Sunday papers comes this volume of the most bizarre, the most shocking, the oddest, craziest, most outlandish, hysterical, unbalanced, the weirdest stuff ever to find its way into our nation's newspapers. Witness events so peculiar, behavior so ridiculous, conduct so questionable, it's beyond even the most creative imagination -- but it's all true. - Back cover.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Get-poor-quick schemes
- All in the family
- Smooth reactions
- Animal tales
- Weird punishment
- The honeymoon's over
- Medical milestones
- Penis envy
- Handicapable
- Litigious society
- Gunplay
- Oops
- Insolent chariots
- Celebrity corner
- Occupational hazards
- Odd ends
- Sex is its own punishment
- Injudicious judges
- Weird undertaker stories
- Jealous rages
- Weird clergy
- Unusual weapons
- Weirdos in training
- Weird pieces of legislation
- Products of free enterprise
- Spectacular suicide attempts
- From the police blotter
- Weird TV and radio
- Least justifiable homicides
- Inappropriate uses for food
- Least competent criminals
- Wrong place at the wrong time
- Reasons not to dial 911
- Famous collectors
- Memorable joyrides
- Mistaken identities
- They still do that?
- Feuds
- Contests
- Fetishes
- Compulsive behavior
- Nude behavior
- Most compelling explanations
- Happenings in the home
- Government in action
- Unexplained phenomena
- Uncategorically weird
- Sources.
- Notes:
- "A Plume book."
- ISBN:
- 0452263115
- 9780452263116
- OCLC:
- 19920543
- Publisher Number:
- Z6311 Penguin Books
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