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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

paperback – December 17, 2003
by Brunvand, Jan Harold
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ISBN-13: 9780393951691 ISBN-10: 0393951693
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Binding
paperback
Published
December 17, 2003
Weight
0.5 lbs
Dimensions
20.80×1.80×14.00 cm

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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings by Brunvand, Jan Harold. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780393951691.

The groundbreaking book that launched Americas 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 Brunvands 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.