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Article #113Urban Legend Books
From: land... Doug Landauer
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 19:37
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 19:37
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> Do not fail to read The Choking Doberman, and The Vanishing Hitchhiker,
> two books (author & publisher, someone?) which ... tell some
> widely-known modern urban myths ...
The Vanishing Hitchhiker (American Urban Legends
and Their Meanings) [1981]
ISBN 0-393-01473-8
ISBN 0-393-95169-3 {pbk.}
The Choking Doberman (and Other "New" Urban Legends) [1984]
ISBN 0-393-30321-7
The Mexican Pet (More "New" Urban Legends and
Some Old Favorites) [1986]
ISBN 0-393-30542-2
These books were all written by Jan Harold Brunvand, and are
published by W.W.Norton & Co. (New York)
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Doug Landauer -- land...@eng.sun.com or ...!sun!landauer _
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