Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends

ISBN-13: 9780393320886 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 480 str.

Jan Harold Brunvand

Opis

"Informative and entertaining.... Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."Tampa Tribune " N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."--Publishers Weekly "A fun read... . All the classics are here from the killer upstairs to the Kentucky Fried Rat."--New City "Resonant stories that express our hidden anxieties ... make us laugh, or] arouse our fascinated horror."--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Informative and entertaining... . Brunvand has collected more than 200 of the most-repeated and best-known examples of modern folk-myth."--Tampa Tribune " N]ot only an entertaining anthology, but an excellent introduction to the study of folklore itself."--Publishers Weekly