Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Michigan

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

Book 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592232671
• ISBN13: 9781592232673
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Portable Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Michigan

I bought this book for my wife who's born, bred, and buttered from the upper part of the lower penninsula..a fact of which she's quite proud. She says she enjoyed it very much and learned a lot of stuff about Michigan that she didn't know. She seemed to enjoy it so much that she had me buy a copy for each of her 6 brothers and sisters, two of whom have lived and still live in Michigan.

Good stuff, but some duplication

If you've got other bathroom readers, then you've already seen the longest articles (on GM, Buick, etc.) in this book. Most of the articles are new and up the usual Bathroom Reader standards. The crosswords were too difficult for me, though. I'm not sure I'd want to spend the kind of time in the bathroom that I'd need to do them.

Midwest Handbook

Having moved to Chicago from NYC last summer, I found this book essential reading. You'll learn why Midwesterners call soda "pop", what the difference is between northern and southern Michigan, and how the prohibition law relates to Canadian "trade". A must read for all history enthusiasts, as good as or better than the Bathroom Reader general article series. I also enjoy the New Jersey book and I'm going to start Texas soon. I recommend them to just learn more about the USA!