Baby on the Car Roof and 222 More Urban Legends
Title | Baby on the Car Roof and 222 More Urban Legends PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas J. Craughwell |
Publisher | Black Dog & Leventhal |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2000-09-15 |
Genre | Humor |
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Absolutely true stories that happened to a friend...of a friend...of a friend.
Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [2 volumes]
Title | Encyclopedia of Urban Legends [2 volumes] PDF eBook |
Author | Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 820 |
Release | 2012-07-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 159884721X |
This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online. From roasted babies to vanishing hitchhikers to housewives in football helmets, this exhaustive and highly readable encyclopedia provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, examines legend themes, and explains scholarly approaches to the genre. Revised and expanded to include updated versions of the entries from the award-winning first edition, this work provides additional entries on a wide range of new topics that include terrorism, recent political events, and Hurricane Katrina. Entries in Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, Updated and Expanded Edition discuss the presence of urban legends in comic books, literature, film, music, and many other areas of popular culture, as well as the existence of "too good to be true" stories in Argentina, China, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and several other countries. Serving as both an anthology of stories as well as a reference work, this encyclopedia will serve as a valuable resource for students and a source book for journalists, professional folklorists, and others who are researching or interested in urban legends.
Midwestern Folklore
Title | Midwestern Folklore PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Folklore |
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Urban Legends
Title | Urban Legends PDF eBook |
Author | Gillian Bennett |
Publisher | Greenwood |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2007-04-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
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Presents the basic stories behind urban myths and legends from around the world, along with examples of each, and groups them by theme, which includes city life, horror, accidents, disease, animals, sex, merchandise, murder, and the supernatural.
Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms
Title | Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-bottoms PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Pendergast |
Publisher | UXL |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Social Science |
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The hairstyles, slang terms, advertising jingles, pop music sensations, and all else described as popular culture is covered in this 5-vol. reference. Arranged chronologically by decade and by broad topics within each decade, Bowling, Beatniks, and Bell-Bottoms focuses solely on the popular culture of the century -- hairstyles, slang terms, television shows, pop music sensations, etc. -- offering more detailed information on trends and fads than any other resource. Written specifically for students in grades 5 through 12, major topics include: products and brands, toys and games, music and dance, holidays, shopping, sports, movements and much more. Also includes approximately 400 photos, a cumulative table of contents, timeline, subject and cumulative general index and trivia sidebars.
Urban Legends
Title | Urban Legends PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas J. Craughwell |
Publisher | Hachette+ORM |
Pages | 619 |
Release | 2012-07-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1603762639 |
A fascinating, creepy, frightening, disgusting, and hilarious collection of some of the world's most popular and enduring tall tales. With themes that run the gamut from funny to sick, risqué to informative, and frightening to disgusting, Urban Legends features fantastic yarns that are remarkable for their uncanny ability to travel the world by word of mouth. We've all heard the one about the alligators that roam New York City's sewers, or how "Mikey" of Life Cereal fame died from eating Pop Rocks mixed with Coke. And what about the flustered parents who left their baby on the car roof, or the scuba diver who was found in the middle of a forest after a fire? These classic tall tales are featured here in all of their creepy glory along with hundreds of others, and they're guaranteed to amuse, enlighten, and intrigue, but be careful: they may stick in your mind forever.
Technology in a World of Folklore
Title | Technology in a World of Folklore PDF eBook |
Author | Mithra Mah Moezzi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 662 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | |
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