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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158652503321

Autore

Seeley M. H

Titolo

America's oddest fads / / by M.H. Seeley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-4824-5750-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Weird America

Disciplina

973

Soggetti

Fads - United States - History

Curiosities and wonders - United States - History

Popular culture - United States - History

United States Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Panorama Drama -- Raccoons on Your Where? -- I'm Stuffed! -- Calling the Dead -- Dance the Night Away -- This Tastes Fishy -- Sit! Stay! Sew! -- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow -- Turn, Turn, Turn -- Wright's Wrong -- Pet Rock -- Atop a Flagpole -- The Swinging Sixties -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers weird fads hidden in American history ranging from troll dolls to pet rocks and even goldfish swallowing. Full-color photographs introduce readers to one of America's earliest fads--drawing panoramas of towns--as well as some of the weirder phenomena like flagpole sitting or dance contests.