Curses! Broiled Again!
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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.
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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0393307115
ISBN13:9780393307115
Release Date:August 1990
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:340 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
GREAT BOOK; IT'S ABOUT TIME!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
As a Pagan Wiccan living in darkest christian America, this book is an excellent source for debunking the "true stories" of ritual abuse, poison and razor blades in Halloween candy and other urban legends, preached as gospel truth in our faces by the Jack Chick Fundies and other wastes of protoplasm. We have to deal with such nonsense being promulgated as veriest truth by such creatures all the time. Having such a clever, entertaining book to provide debunking material is a definite asset.
Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
When I purchased this, I had already read Brunvand's work so I knew it would be fun and interesting. I have to admit this suprised me. Everything was well told and explained. Brunvand didn't only give you the story, but also it's orgins and facts. After I read this, I became an urban legend fan and now I can pick them out when they're told to me in everyday conversations.
Great book debunking popular urban legends
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
It appears that many of those who have reviewed this book misunderstood its purpose. It is not a "scary story" book; rather, it is a compilation of common urban legends and myths, complete with debunkings.I thought this book was vastly interesting and entertaining. If you're interested in whether some of the stories you've heard are true or not, or in how urban legends get altered as time goes on, you should definitely give it a read.
Full of great urban legends
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I loved this book! Some of these stories made me think, no, this could never happen to me, just to reassure myself. Definatly not a book to read late at night, home alone, with a thunderstorm,or babysitting, unless you want to scare yourself to death. Believe me, I know. Keep up the good work Mr. Brunvand!
More classic Urban Legends from the master!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
More of the real Hall of Famers: The Mrs. Fields Cookie Recipe, The Unstealable Car, AIDS Mary, etc. Excellent (as usual) in its explanation of variants, history(ies), adaptation to/from literature
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