That's an Obscure Reference
Today's list is a short, obscure but mildly amusing group: reference books. The Flag Book by Preben Kannik (M. Borrow s & Co. 1959) . Beautifully laid out color flags of the countries of the world as it existed in 1959. Includes country heraldic flags, military flags, and ceremonial flags. Purchased from the Berlin Heights, Ohio Library book sale. American Place-Names, George R. Stewart (Oxford University Press, 1970). You will learn from this concise and selective dictionary for the continental U.S. that Apponagansett Bay, Apponaug, RI and Appoquinimink, DE and PA are Alqonquian meaning "uncertain." Or that Zoar, Ohio was named by a German religious sect, which considered it a name for a city of refuge since Lot fled for refuge from Sodom to Zoar. There are 550 pages of amusements here. Bought at the State Department used book store. It contains a brief inscription, "Thought you'd like this...Eberhard."...