The United States of Absurdity: Untold Stories from American History (Hardcover)

CONTENTS Great American Characters - 5 Michael Malloy - 7 Lobster Boy - 11 Oofty Goofty - 15 David Hahn - 19 Elvis and Nixon - 23 The Best of American Sports - 27 Rainbow Man - 29 Rube Waddell - 33 Lenny Dykstra - 37 Tim "Doc" Anderson - 41 Ten-Cent Beer Night - 47 Great American Medical Breakthroughs - 51 John R. Brinkley - 53 Henry Heimlich - 57 Freeman's Lobotomies - 61 The Stomach Men - 65 Resurrection Men - 69 Very Bad American Ideas - 73 The Flying Pinto - 75 Action Park - 79 Jackson Cheese - 83 Radium Girls - 87 The Straw Hat Riot - 91 When Americans Go Wrong - 95 Eggnog Riot - 97 Newport Sex Scandal - 101 The Vampire Panic - 105 The Death of George Washington - 109 American Tails - 113 The Dolphin - 115 Mike the Chicken - 119 The Hippo Bill - 123 George Spencer - 127 Kentucky Meat Shower - 131