9780393951691-0393951693-The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

ISBN-13: 9780393951691
ISBN-10: 0393951693
Edition: Reissue
Author: Jan Harold Brunvand
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 226 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780393951691
ISBN-10: 0393951693
Edition: Reissue
Author: Jan Harold Brunvand
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback 226 pages

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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (ISBN-13: 9780393951691 and ISBN-10: 0393951693), written by authors Jan Harold Brunvand, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2003. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Folklore & Mythology (Social Sciences, Popular Culture, Cultural, Anthropology, Urban, Sociology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Folklore & Mythology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.39.

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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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