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The Mexican pet : more "new" urban legends and some old favorites / Jan Harold Brunvand.
LIBRA - Special GR105 .B689 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brunvand, Jan Harold.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban folklore--United States.
- Urban folklore.
- Legends.
- United States.
- Legends--United States.
- Legends--United States--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Belletristische Darstellung.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Norton, 1988.
- Summary:
- "Together, these new wives' tales merge as an American picaresque, a compilation of myths that keep the telephone wires humming and cocktail parties doubly fueled".--Time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393305422
- 9780393305425
- OCLC:
- 21963246
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