THE RHODE ISLAND HANDBOOK by Patinkin, Mark with Don Bousquet, Illustrator - 1994

N. Attlebobo, MA: Covered Bridge Press. Very Good-. 1994. Paperback. 0924771496; Paper Covers. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Small stain on fore edge. Contents are almost as new, with a crease on the upper fore corner of the last couple pages. ; 8-1/2 x 11", 134pp. Cprt. 1994. PAPER COVERS. Illustrated white Cover is a little lighter than posterboard. HUMOR. "THE RHODE ISLAND HANDBOOK is about everything else (other than the way we speak) I could think of that makes us unique: our quirks, habits, eccentricities, diet, culture, and especially the way no one here ever uses turning signals. " (Well, I do, but then I'm from Michigan! ) . Scores of short chapters, such as: Is Rhode Island necessary? ; Why Rhode Island is like 'The Invasion of the Body Snatchers"; Examples of Rhode Island Distance-phobia; Deah Ian Landiz; How America sees us - the Rodney Dangerfield of States; The ultimate RI political story; The strange case of the nonexistant RI street signs; Forget this stuff about 39 cities and towns; we're really 500 villages; etc. , etc. Oodles of full page cartoons by Don Bousquet. .