• No products in the cart.
  • No products in the cart.
TOP
Secret Oklahoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
New

Secret Oklahoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure

$27.00

Info

SKU: 9781681066158 Categories: , , Tags: , , ,

Description

A LOOK INSIDE

Title: Secret Oklahoma: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
Author: Matt Kirouac
Size: 6 x 9
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781681066158
Price: $27.00

From twisters to chicken-fried steak, Oklahoma is swirling in stereotypes, which explains why it’s also a state filled with undiscovered lore and overlooked stories. Yes, tornadoes occur here (as evidenced by the biweekly tornado siren tests on Saturdays), and you can certainly find plenty of chicken-fried steak (it’s the centerpiece of the official state meal, after all) but there is so much more to Oklahoma than “flyover country” presumptions.

Secrets are everywhere in this Southern Great Plains state, sometimes hiding in plain sight—from restaurant menus to striking headstones—and sometimes buried in alabaster caverns or sand dunes. They’re in the lost lore of infamous outlaws and overlooked architects, Indigenous artifacts, and crumbling castles. Some are easier to spot, like blue whales and space cowboys nestled alongside iconic Route 66, or the tallgrass soaring over the plains, while others are still shrouded in mystery, like ghostly mounds and ghost towns.

Secret Oklahoma uncovers it all, from Oklahoma City to Viking runes, and from bison-trod mountains to alligator swamps, debunking some stereotypes while confirming others. Here, in one of the most misunderstood states in the nation, a new discovery awaits around every corner. Join author Matt Kirouac on a detour, off the beaten Route 66 path, and discover a side of the Sooner State you never knew existed.

AUTHOR
Matt-Kirouac-headshot_square

Matt Kirouac

A transplant to Oklahoma City after growing up in New Hampshire and Chicago, Matt Kirouac is a travel and food writer with bylines in Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, InsideHook, Thrillist, BBC, AFAR, Atlas Obscura, Plate Magazine, and others. Part of what drew him to Oklahoma was a curiosity for the underrated and the sense of discovery in stereotyped places. He prides himself on sharing these stories, especially those about LGBTQ+ communities. Matt lives with his husband, Nathan, and their dog, Finn.

PRESS
Television

 Smells of days gone by. Unexplained awakenings. Visions of people who have been dead for decades. The stories of Oklahoma's haunted locations go back to before statehood.

Editorial

9. Secret Oklahoma City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Jeff Provine (Reedy Press)

Editorial

3. Secret Oklahoma City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Jeff Provine (Reedy Press)

Editorial

3. Secret Oklahoma City: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Jeff Provine (Reedy Press)

Podcast

We're celebrating Halloween at the Okie Bookcast! Our guest for Chapter Three is Jeff Provine - author, professor, and ghost tour guide. Jeff grew up on a Land Run farm outside of Enid and now is a Professor of English

Editorial

Author Larry Burns of Riverside has spent close to 18 months looking for the weird, wonderful and obscure in the Inland Empire. Ninety such locations were mentioned in his 2019 book, Secret Inland Empire: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful

Additional information

Weight .8 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 9 in

Related products