You Know You're in Rhode Island When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Ocean State

by Ryder Windham

Many worry that these United States are becoming too much like each other—but Rhode Islanders know better. Fun for all ages, this trivia-cum-brag book highlights and celebrates the Ocean State's history, traditions, cuisine, and lingo with humor.
For example, you know you're in Rhode Island when...

* All roads lead to Memory Lane
* You root for the Pawtucket Red Sox
* Kids grow up drinking coffee milk
* The state bird is a chicken

112 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

About the author

Ryder Windham is an American sci-fi author who has written over sixty Star Wars books, including novels, comics, reference books, and so on. He has also written junior novelizations for Indiana Jones movies. Since 1993, he has been working on Star Wars projects either by himself or with other authors. His reference book Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide had been on the New York Times Best Seller list for three weeks in 2005. Although he has written lots of books, accepted interviews, and appeared at several fan-conventions, little is known about his personal life.

Reviews

[Andrew Niemann · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice quick red that has given me some new perspective on my adopted home. I have discovered some new places to put on my "to visit" list. Sadly, in the intervening 12 years since it was published, a couple of things have changed - most notably, you can no longer visit a submarine in Providence; it sank and became an environmental issue in 2007. Otherwise, I gots some places ta go.