A 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
GenresNames, GeographicalUnited StatesHistory, Local
276 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 1998 by Merriam-Webster · ISBN 9780877796190
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Editions
2 editions
English
- A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-names · Merriam-Webster · 1998 · ISBN 9780877796190 This page
- A Place Called Peculiar: Stories About Unusual American Place-names · Dover · 2012 · ISBN 9780486483603
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