The Vanishing Hitchhiker

American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

Jan Harold Brunvand (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

226 Seiten

2003
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-95169-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.12.2003
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 208 mm
Gewicht	236 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-393-95169-3 / 0393951693
ISBN-13	978-0-393-95169-1 / 9780393951691
Zustand	Neuware