Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Michigan

by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society

Overview

What do Yoopers and Trolls have in common? Not much to hear them tell it, but both types of Michigander appreciate great bathroom reading. And they’re proud to call Michigan home! Celebrate the state that brought us Motown, Henry Ford, and the world’s only floating post office. So no matter which peninsula you call home, get ready for a funny, unforgettable visit. Read about…

Feather bowling
Shipwrecked in Paradise
Go to Hell and back in Hell, Michigan
Michigan’s other famous Ford: a president named Gerald
The Red Flannel Festival, and other ways Michiganders brave the winter
How a 1966 Michigan State University game changed football forever
Michigan’s role in the birth of rock ’n’ roll
Test your knowledge of the Great Lakes
Detroit’s Whiskey River
Smelt dipping 101

And much, much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592232673
Publisher:	Portable Press
Publication date:	11/15/2005
Series:	Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Created by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society

Table of Contents

	Along the Road
	I Saw It in Michigan	3
	Off the Beaten Track	79
	Making the Best of a Cold Situation	99
	Museum Mania	118
	Let the Good Times Roll!	207
	Around the State
	Dam Nation	7
	What's So Great About the Great Lakes?	13
	Digging the Dunes	29
	From Hell to Zilwaukee	142
	Lasting Impressions	184
	A Wet Mitten	201
	Autopia
	Birth of a Giant, Part I	9
	The Best Business Deal in U.S. History, Part I	75
	Birth of a Giant, Part II	107
	Curious Cars	126
	Birth of a Giant, Part III	177
	The Best Business Deal in U.S. History, Part II	187
	Wheels	198
	The Best Business Deal In U.S. History, Part III	222
	The World's First Muscle Car	288
	Business in Michigan
	Bohemian Rhapsody	22
	Through the Mill	85
	Pop Goes Detroit	111
	Upjohn's Pills	164
	The Birth of Gerber	180
	Shafted in Detroit	185
	Top Pop	243
	Making a Big Noise	275
	The Ten Cents Store	285
	Get Smart! School Spirit
	Go Spartans!	64
	Go Wolverines!	65
	We Got Game	81
	Superstitions 101	124
	History
	House of David	17
	Four Flags	61
	Detroit's Whiskey River	66
	"Strang" but True	72
	The Resort That Segregation Built	97
	Let Them Eat Pancakes!	130
	Battle of the Brans	147
	The Big Mac	211
	Yo Ho Ho and a Barrel of Venison	225
	Michigan's Lumber Industry	237
	No Kiddie Without a Christmas	241
	Spilling His Guts	269
	B-24s: Built for the Road Ahead	271
	The Cherry Capital of the World	278
	Walk the Plank? No, Drive It	295
	Hometowns
	A Touch of Dutch	32
	Capital City, Lansing	70
	Middle of the Mitten	102
	Michigan's "Little Bavaria"	115
	A Little Town on the Way Up	136
	Furniture Central	151
	B&B Country	193
	Land of Sunsets and Stones	231
	Gateway to the U.P.	245
	Anatomy of a Village	264
	River View	283
	It's Official
	Odd Michigan Laws	113
	State of Confusion	190
	Official Business	195
	Musical Mystery Tour	209
	A Banner Unfurled	233
	Lights! Camera! Action!
	Motor City Movies	15
	I Want My M(ichigan) TV!	39
	For Love of the Game	90
	Literary Michigan
	Hemingway Country	132
	A Miller's Tale	174
	Tales of the Third Coast	250
	Michigan's a Good Sport
	Baseball in Beards	20
	End of an Era	37
	Bowled Over	42
	Hoop Magic	45
	A Bowler's Paradise	94
	Third Time's the Charm	203
	Howe Amazing!	205
	Octopi on Ice	215
	It's Beautiful to Be Belgian	254
	UM vs. OSU	256
	Pass the Turkey	261
	Pistons by the Numbers	293
	Mixed Bag
	Pick a Pocket	54
	Shipwreck!	104
	Paczki Fever	145
	Smelt Dipping 101	168
	The Grand Dame	235
	A Fun Run	248
	We Get Letters	259
	Treasures from the Deep	298
	Native Sons and Daughters
	Godfather of the U.P.	92
	"I Am a Ford, Not a Lincoln"	120
	Boy Wonder	153
	Surfmen, USA	160
	Magichigans	162
	Battle Creek's Gr-r-reatest Son	172
	Which Michigander Am I?	228
	Puzzles
	Celebrity Michigan	52
	A Model Puzzle	88
	Road Shows	166
	Bragging Rights	182
	Take a Michi-gander at This	220
	Sing a Song of Michigan
	Michigan in Song	26
	Michigan Rocks!	57
	Motown's Greatest?	138
	Berry Gordy Jr.	217
	Talking the Talk
	Yoopers and Lopers and Trolls, Oh My!	4
	Do You Speak Michigan?	157
	Yippee for Yoopers!	170
	Tall Tales
	Joe Bunyan	1
	Ghostly Girls	34
	A Spooky De-Light	49
	"One Day, Eino and Toivo..."	266
	Answers	300

Editorial Reviews

In a long-awaited move, America's favorite restroom author flushes out over 300 pages of Michigan trivia, history, and humor. Sample: Did you know that the Great Lakes State is home to the world's only floating post office?