Bertha Venation

by Larry Ashmead

An ideal gift book with personality and charm, Bertha Venation is a legendary editor's lifetime collection of the amazing names of actual people, with his own inimitable wit, commentary, and stories.Roger Gotobed...Ida Slaptor...Formica Dinette...Honeysuckle Weeks...Gay Beach...Sappho Clissit...Dimple MysteryThis colorful collection of extraordinary names, sure to please every lover of miscellany, features: Celebrity Children, Weirdest Names in Sports, Aptly Named Professionals, Literary Highlights, Funny Name Marriages, Places and Houses with Strange Names, Long and Meaningless Names, and Pets.Barbara Fatt Heine...P. Enis...Razzle and Dazzle...Moondog...Casa Enima...Phydeaux...Phat Ho...Fitz Funfrock...Mone't Elysea Ann...and Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg