Curses! Broiled Again!: The Hottest Urban Legends Going - Hardcover

Brunvand, Jan Harold

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393027104 ISBN 13: 9780393027105

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1989

Synopsis

A collection of some of the most famous - and outrageous - urban legends making the rounds.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

From Publishers Weekly:

Syndicated columnist and University of Utah folklore professor Brunvand here presents a collection of columns about legends that haunt the public consciousness but have little or no basis in fact. The title piece concerns a young woman who frequents tanning salons so often that her insides get cooked. Other articles tell of poisonous snakes in amusement parks, airline pilots locked out of their flight cabins and AIDS Mary who intentionally spreads disease. We also read tales about automobiles, animals, accidents, sex, business and academia. Much of the material is ho-hum and all too familiar, despite Brunvand's suggestion that these legends persist and beget so many variations because "You can't keep a good story down!"
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About this edition

• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0393027104
• ISBN 13: 9780393027105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335