Nebraska Curiosities: Quirkly Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)
Whether you’re a born-and-raised Nebraskan, a recent transplant, or just passing through,Nebraska Curiositieswill have you laughing out loud as Rick Yoder and David Harding take you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Cornhusker State. Go mooclear with two animal husbandry students who, in 1963, participated in the first cattle fallout-shelter survival test—by spending two weeks in close quarters with thirty-five cows . . . and one bull. Be wowed by the Chickendale Dancers at the annual Wayne Chicken Show—whose attractions also includea “cluck-off” competition. Visit the Avoca Quack-Off—when more than 1,000 people descend on Avoca (pop. 270) in mid-winter to drink beer and howl at the ducks racing across a flooded, frozen tennis court. (You can rent a bird for $5.)