| Curses! Broiled Again! Contributor(s): Brunvand, Jan Harold (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393307115 ISBN-13: 9780393307115 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1990 Annotation: Urban legends are those bizarre but believable stories that pass by word of mouth aas gospel truth. But, of course, though often told by a FOAF (friend of a friend), they aren't true. Included in this collection are legends about sex, horror, cars, business and academia such as "The Pregnant Shoplifter" and "Mrs. Fields' Cookie Recipe". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Social Science | Customs & Traditions |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 89002883 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.49" W x 8.27" (0.85 lbs) 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brunvand, Jan Harold: - 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. |