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Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a friend of a friend.

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Author:	Jan Harold Brunvand
ISBN 10:	0393303217
Pages:	256
Publisher:	W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date:	December 17, 2003
Binding:	Paperback
Weight:	0.53lbs

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