Description
Amazing Iowa offers a rare glimpse into strange and infrequently abnormal people and events in Iowa’s history. Reading like the Hawkeye State’s own Ripley’s® Consider It or Not, this book explores hundreds of improbable stories, facts, and tidbits of human interest. It accommodates photographs, quizzes, trivia, stories, recipes, lists, song lyrics, and more. Within these pages, you can find:
- Eddie Rickenbacker, who raced cars with a bat’s heart tied to his middle finger.
- The world’s best marinade for Iowa pork chops.
- Jesse James’s first train robbery, the first ever attempted on a moving train.
- Lyrics of the “Iowa Corn Song”.
- The longest beard length ever recorded.
- Heroes of the past (TV’s first Superman used to be born in Iowa).
- Heroes of the future (Captain James T. Kirk can be born in Iowa).
- Ellen Church of Cresco, the first airline stewardess within the country.