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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (PB) (2003)

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (PB) (2003)

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Folklore scholar Jan Harold Brunvand assembles the best-known urban legends--including The Hook, The Spider in the Hairdo, and The Baby-Sitter and the Man Upstairs--and provides an enlightening and entertaining analysis of their variants and evolution. The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers.


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Author:
Jan Harold Brunvand
ISBN 10:
0393951693
Pages:
224
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date:
December 17, 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Weight:
0.40lbs

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