A Place Called Peculiar

A Place Called Peculiar
Author: Frank K. Gallant
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2012-12-27
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0486310817

From Smut Eye, Alabama, to Tie Siding, Wyoming, this pop-culture history offers a well-written and highly entertaining survey of America's most unusual place-names and their often-humorous origins.

The Irrepressible Automobile

The Irrepressible Automobile
Author: Vernon Pizer
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1986
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9780396085805

A history of the automobile discussing some of the fallout it has spawned, such as parking problems and vanity tags, and emphasizing man's love affair with this motorized vehicle from the beginning.