Strange Tales from Ohio: True Stories of Remarkable People, Places, and Events in Ohio History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781598510485)

"A delightful read ... Zurcher chooses his anecdotes well, balancing scandalous murder mysteries and the truly odd with lighter fare about Ohio's famous inventors and funniest first achievements." -- Akron Life Magazine

Ohio history can get pretty strange! Here are 75 odd tales of Ohio's most remarkable people, places, and events -- From the author of the popular offbeat travel guide "Ohio Oddities."

• Learn why residents of Blueball, Ohio, erected a monument to a pig.
• Witness the birth of the inflatable airplane in Akron.
• Revisit Ohio's last public whipping, near Dayton.
• Was Ohio really bombed by the Japanese in World War II?
• Read about Ashtabula's famed Headless Chicken, who lived without his noggin for 38 days ...
• Meet the man who invented disposable diapers ...

This book is a real treat for anyone who enjoys Ohio history with a twist.