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The Vanishing Hitchhiker American Urban Legends and Their Meanings
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2003-12-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393346534 |
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The book that launched America's urban legend obsession! 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.
The Vanishing Hitch Hiker American Urban Legends and Their Meanings
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Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:1200051593 |
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker
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Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Cities and towns |
ISBN | : 0393014738 |
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The book that launched America's urban legend obsession! 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.
The Vanishing Hitchhiker American Urban Legends and Their Meaning
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Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0780736796 |
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American Myths Legends and Tall Tales 3 volumes
Author | : Christopher R. Fee,Jeffrey B. Webb |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1265 |
Release | : 2016-08-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781610695688 |
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A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture. Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania arrived. In modern times, folklore and tall tales experienced a rejuvenation with the emergence of urban legends and the growing popularity of science fiction and conspiracy theories, with mass media such as comic books, television, and films contributing to the retelling of old myths. This multi-volume encyclopedia will teach readers the central myths and legends that have formed American culture since its earliest years of settlement. Its entries provide a fascinating glimpse into the collective American imagination over the past 400 years through the stories that have shaped it. Organized alphabetically, the coverage includes Native American creation myths, "tall tales" like George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree and the adventures of "King of the Wild Frontier" Davy Crockett, through to today's "urban myths." Each entry explains the myth or legend and its importance and provides detailed information about the people and events involved. Each entry also includes a short bibliography that will direct students or interested general readers toward other sources for further investigation. Special attention is paid to African American folklore, Asian American folklore, and the folklore of other traditions that are often overlooked or marginalized in other studies of the topic.
The Choking Doberman And Other Urban Legends
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780393303216 |
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Discusses over forty stories of improbable events told as true and embelished with local details which the author calls urban legends.
Curses Broiled Again
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1990-08-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780393346732 |
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From the master folklorist and sly wit, Jan Brunvand, comes a collection of all-new urban legends. Did your cousin's wife's dentist's daughter go to the tanning parlor once too often and had her insides cooked? Has your husband's brother's nephew teacher try to make a dead rabbit look alive? If so, you've heard—or you yourself may have told—two of the seventy-plus legends in this collection. Urban legends are "those bizarre but believable stories about batter-fried rats, spiders in hairdos, Cabbage Patch dolls that get funerals, and the like that pass by word of mouth as being the gospel truth." But of course, though often told as having happened to a FOAF (friend of a friend), they aren't true. Included in this collection are legends about sex, horror, cars, business, and academia. Among them are "The Bible Student's Exam," "The Pregnant Shoplifter," "The Ice Cream Cone Caper," "Don't Mess with Texas," and "Mrs. Fields' Cookie Recipe."