The Baby Train - And Other Lusty Urban Legends
Jan Harold Brunvand
W. W. Norton & Company (1993)
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Urban Legends
Fiction / Short Stories, Legends, Legends - United States, Urban folklore, Urban Folklore - United States
Paperback 9780393312089
America's premier folk detective is back on the case, sniffing out those zany but dubious stories that "really happened" to a friend of your sister's boyfriend's accountant's mechanic. Jan Harold Brunvand--''Mr. Urban Legend" [Smithsonian]--tracks the most fabulous tales making today's cocktail-party circuit and shows why those stories that sound too good to be true probably are too good to be true.The eponymous episode--"The Baby Train"--sheds light on certain predawn activities that have linked unusually high birth rates to the whim of train schedule makers. Other stories offer a revealing peek behind the story of "The Exploding Bra," expose the embarrassing source of "The Hairdresser's Error," resurrect a "Failed Suicide" Buster Keaton would have died for, and show why adults are better off not bringing their comicbook fantasies out of the closet. From "Superhero Hijinx" to "The Shocking Videotape" to "The Accidental Cannibal," The Baby Train uncovers the mysteries behind some of the bawdiest, goriest, funniest, most pyrotechnic urban legends yet.


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Product Details
Dewey 813
Cover Price € 13,95
No. of Pages 368
Height x Width 208 x 140 mm
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Purchase Price € 27,85
Purchase Date 18-3-1995
Owner Richard M. Wolff
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