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Too good to be true
the colossal book of urban legends
By Brunvand, Jan Harold
- ISBN
- 978-0-39304-734-9
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton, c1999.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1999
Brunvand (The Choking Doberman, The Vanishing Hitchhiker) is the dean of urban folklore--for 20 years he has collected and documented tall tales swapped at social gatherings. This anthology embraces over 200 fanciful, amusing, and often exaggerated stories and beliefs that have, through repetition, become part of the American oral heritage. Br...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
