All Over the Map: An Extraordinary Atlas of the United States

by David Jouris

Book Overview

Thirty-three maps of the United States feature town names that share a comon theme, including musical terms, animals, plants, minerals, planets, weather, and numbers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898156491
• ISBN13: 9780898156492
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Fun to read! Exciting way to teach Geography.

A lot of fun to read, which is why I found one exception. Nada, Texas, is a Czech word for "Hope". It is pronounced "nay-da". Which means it can't be on your pessimistic map. A small point, I know, and only someone from this 97 person community would know this. What a wonderful collection! I bought the book because it has Nada, and many other wonderful communities divided into great maps! Wouldn't it be great to write about how these different places got their strange names!

An excellent book and a good for a laugh anytime.

I did a whole Social Studies project around this book. It is very funny and interesting. I especially liked the pessimistic map. It had cities like Hell, Michigan. So, if you are interseted in U.S. geography and need a good laugh, I recommend this book to you.