Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Ohio

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Overview

We’ve assembled a crackpot team of Ohio investigators to comb the countryside, explore the cities, and uncover the history, trivia, and fun facts that make the Buckeye State such a unique and special place. Read about . . .

- Ohio firsts
- John Glenn, Johnny Appleseed, and other famous Ohioans
- Cleveland rocks!
- From Ada to Youngstown: a crossword puzzle
- The pride of the Buckeyes
- The Wright sister’s role in history
- Akron’s All-American Soap Box Derby!
- Wacky Ohio
And much, much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607106906
Publisher:	Portable Press
Publication date:	10/01/2012
Series:	Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	324
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

The Bathroom Readers' Institute is a tight-knit group of loyal and skilled writers, researchers, and editors who have been working as a team for years. The BRI understands the habits of a very special market--Throne Sitters--and devotes itself to providing amazing facts and conversation pieces.

Also Known As:

Paul "Binzer" BrennanJ. LoJennifer Lynn Lopez

Table of Contents

Preface     xii
Around Ohio
An Unlikely Visitor     41
A State of Wine     50
The Zanesville Bridge     53
Major Reward     101
A Drive on the Pike     130
Wild Weather     132
Name That Town     171
Name That Town, Part 2     242
A Game of Horse     285
The Ohio State Fair By the Numbers     287
Why So Blue?     27
Cleansing Fire?     38
Boo!
A Good Scare     13
The Friendly Ghosts     219
Buckeye Fever
The Scarlet and Gray By the Numbers     43
The Snow Bowl     143
That's Nutty!     145
The Pride of the Buckeyes     259
Business Boom!
Battelle Memorial Institute     36
B.F. Goodrich By the Numbers     74
Just a Guy Who Makes Hamburgers     179
Got Glass?     198
Weigh to Go, Toledo     254
Goodyear...Then and Now     257
It's Just Business     262
The Number One Fun Car     267
From Door Knocking to Lip Smacking     273
Freedom Fighters
Ohio Underground     79
A DaringRescue     160
The Book That Changed the World     237
The Great Outdoors
Endangered Ohio     185
Go Jump in a Lake     214
Ohio's Own     295
History
The Apple Tree Man     57
A Week of Water     61
Ohio Firsts     82
Battle of Fallen Timbers     134
The Real Fugitive?     209
The Great Chase     251
It Happened in 1803     283
(No) Thanks, Ohio     293
Washington's Last Soldier     298
Hometowns
A Capital City     8
An Industrious Town     54
Sports City     70
Open-Minded Oberlin     85
Ain't No Mistake By the Lake     103
Good Ol' Youngstown     158
Meet Me in Cincy     196
Frog Town     233
Lovely Loveland     281
Innovators
Tomato, To-mah-toe     30
Ladies First     114
Ka-ching!     148
A Radio Adventure     167
The Wright Brothers...and Sister     189
Invented in Ohio     230
It's Official
A Grand Ol' Burgee     4
Just the Facts      6
On the Map     7
Let's Get Down to Business!     25
Down on the Farm     56
Ohio in Primes     98
Just for Fun
You Know You're an Ohioan When     60
Bombeck's Thoughts On     68
The Eagle Has Landed     87
Dumb Crooks: Ohio Style     108
Legalese     116
Funny Ohioans     157
Ohio Wisdom     193
Let the Good Times Roll
The Gravity Grand Prix     1
Topsy-Turvy     65
Stars of the Derby     137
Some Like It Hot     140
Let Us Entertain You
Ohio on the Tube     18
How Alan Freed the Music, Part 1     33
Ohio in Song     96
Ohio Stars: the Classics     99
How Alan Freed the Music, Part 2     126
Ohio Literati     155
The Secret Life of Carolyn Keene     174
Sing a Song     177
Modern Ohio Stars     212
The Man Behind the Underpants     264
Native Sons and Daughters
Getting to Know Cy Young     10
Born in Ohio     46
Eight Things You Don't Know About Annie Oakley     88
Here's Johnny!      205
Jer-ry! Jer-ry!     247
Oddball Ohio
Of Gangsters and Presidents, Part 1     72
Offbeat Ohio     91
Wacky Ohio     94
Fun Fests: The Best (and Wurst)     111
Wacky Ohio, Part 2     121
Of Gangsters and Presidents, Part 2     152
More Offbeat Ohio     164
Weird Ohio     183
Fun Fests, Part 2     222
Offbeat Ohio (Again)     235
Weird Ohio, Part 2     297
Political Shenanigans
One Taft After Another     76
The Dreamer     270
Ohio's Presidents     276
Puzzles
Literary Lions     16
From Ada to Youngstown     124
Ohio Comes First     194
They Grow 'Em Smart in Ohio!     228
Sports Central
Cleveland Browns By the Numbers     22
Cincinnati Reds By the Numbers     105
A Long and Winding Road     118
Seven Things You Don't Know About the Golden Bear     202
Six Things You Don't Know About Paul O'Neill     217
Cleveland Indians By the Numbers     225
Cincinnati Bengals By the Numbers     244
Welcome to the Cavs Nation     290
Answers      301

Editorial Reviews

The Uncle John pundits take bathroom erudition to new levels with this 324-page plunge into Ohio's people, places, pastimes, events, oddities, and history. So entertaining that you'll be bringing it into the shower.