Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Michigan

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into...

by Bathroom Readers' Institute, Bathroom Readers' Institute

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 that brought us Motown, Henry Ford, and the world’s only floating post office. So no matter which peninsula you call home, get ready for a funny, unforgettable visit. Read about…

Feather bowling
Shipwrecked in Paradise
Go to Hell and back in Hell, Michigan
Michigan’s other famous Ford: a president named Gerald
The Red Flannel Festival, and other ways Michiganders brave the winter
How a 1966 Michigan State University game changed football forever
Michigan’s role in the birth of rock ’n’ roll
Test your knowledge of the Great Lakes
Detroit’s Whiskey River
Smelt dipping 101

And much, much more!

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 2005

About the author

The Bathroom Reader's Institute UJBR boasts more than 12 million books in print and a membership base topping 40,000 loyal readers . . .

Reviews

[Ronald Spitzer · Rating 4 out of 5]

As it says this is a bathroom reader with short episodes of all kinds of Michigan topic, history, businesses, weird doings, etc. This reader is good for short reads for when time is short. Most are interesting. Any that catch your interest to learn more should be investigated further in other books.

[Jasmine V · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked all of the fun facts in this book. My favorite fact in this book was that the buick car company all started from a company that originally made toilet bowls. The writing style is like an interesting history book. This novel is somewhat faster paced. I would recommend this book to someone who has a good sense of humor and likes history

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good jumping off point to learn more about Michigan history.

[Ariel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Considering I've never been big on educational books, I have to admit this one wasn't bad. I've never really read any of the "Bathroom Reader" series, but the ones I have read I thought were pretty decent. I must say, I was quite surprised to find that there was a Bathroom reader book about Michigan. I am even more surprised about some of the things I read in said book. There was a lot I didn't know before I read this book. On top of that, this book is good for many different age frames, because it has lots of word searches and stuff like that for various ages. If there was anything I really didn't like about this book, it's that it did get kind of boring to read in certain topics, and I think the book could have been organized a little differently. At times, it does seem like the book is really written in a totally random order, Like, instead of writing the book by topic, it just writes in random order. The ONLY other thing I didn't like was that the book would split certain stories in parts. Like, for example, "The Best Business Deal in History" was split up into three parts of the book, and I personally don't think it needed to be split up like that. On a positive note, most of the stories and games and such were generally only a page or two long, so it was a very easy read and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn a thing or two about the interesting state of Michigan.

[Kristin Poley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very Entertaining and full of fun facts to remember as you drive across the wonderful state of Michigan. I was hoping for more facts and stories about the state itself, its natural resources and culture, but instead found the book heavily focused on the auto industry and Motown musicians. Those are, of course, important parts of Michigan's, and America's, history, but make for pretty dry reading. There was also a bit too much focus on the University of Michigan for my taste, but that could just be my Michigan State bias coming through :)

[Kattie · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're from Michigan and you enjoy the different tourist areas around our state and the historical stories that come along with it, you will enjoy having this book on the back of your commode. This book covers everything from the history of the automobile to the outhouse races in the winter in the U.P. to Pirates and Magic Johnson. Not every story is going to be interesting to everyone, but there are a number of gems and trivia facts that are entertaining.

[Jason Ruggles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun book on Michigan that predominantly uses a 2-3 page essay on a variety of topics on Michigan. It is surprisingly heavy on history, and I learned quite a few interesting tidbits of trivia. Well worth the read!