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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

Jan Harold Brunvand

3.7/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: December 17, 2003

ISBN: 0393951693

ISBN 13: 9780393951691

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

Jan Harold Brunvand

3.7/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: W. W. Norton Company

Release: December 17, 2003

ISBN: 0393951693

ISBN 13: 9780393951691

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