A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names

By (author): "Frank K. Gallant"

Genres:Nonfiction books History books Travel books Language books Geography books Road Trip books Cartography books

Publish Date: January 1998

A Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names

ISBN087779619X

ISBN139780877796190

AsinA Place Called Peculiar: Stories about Unusual American Place-Names

Original titleA Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-Names

A state-by-state tour of places with extraordinary names and the stories behind them.- Feast on towns from Breakfast Hill, New Hampshire, to Dinner Station, Nevada- Includes local attractions for over 40 towns- Sidebars describe surprising naming trends