Mark Monmonier on NPR

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That has to be one of the funniest NPR interviews I have ever heard.

#1 DivineMsn on 2006-07-07 09:45 (Reply)

An excerpt from From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame by Mark Monmonier is available on the University of Chicago Press website. Read the whole story of places like Whorehouse Meadow, Brassiere Hills, and the town of Dildo: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/534650.html

#2 Dean Blobaum on 2006-07-13 08:37 (Reply)

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