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Jan Harold Brunvand
The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

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The groundbreaking book that launched America’s urban legend obsession!

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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About the author

Jan Harold Brunvand lives in Salt Lake City, where he is professor emeritus at the University of Utah. He is the author of numerous books, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker; The Choking Doberman; The Baby Train; Too Good to Be True; and Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid.

Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 224 ● ISBN 9780393346534 ● File size 0.5 MB ● Publisher W. W. Norton & Company ● Country US ● Published 2003 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7468805 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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