The truth never stands in the way of a good story
"Here he [the author] looks in detail at a dozen rampant and long-lived examples of this vigorous category of contemporary folklore, tracing their historyies, variations, sources, and meanings."--Jacket
Legends
217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780252024245, 9780252070044, 0252024249, 0252070046
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Richard M. Dorson and the Urban Legend
"The brain drain" legend of the long hot summer of 1995 (and beyond)
"The baby roast" as a "new American urban legend"
What's red and white and baked all over?
Was it a stunned deer or just a deer stunt?: The story behind the Missouri legend
Bedtime for Bozo: The legend of the clown who cussed the kids
"Lights Out!": a faxlore phenomenon
A blast heard 'round the world
The folklorists' search for the ghost in search of help for a dying person
"The missing day in time"
Some oddities of military legendry
Some news from the miscellaneous legend files
The heroic hacker: legends of the computer age / Eric Brunvand
Conclusion: The future of Urban Legends