Jan Harold Brunvand

The Choking Doberman

And Other Urban Legends

"A wonderfully entertaining book of American folklore and humor."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times Book Review

Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend."

"This is a fascinating book, but I still say all those stories actually happened to the mother of a friend of mine's doctor's wife."—Roy Blount Jr.

Jan Harold Brunvand lives in Salt Lake City, where he is professor emeritus at the University of Utah.

Also Available:
The Vanishing Hitchhiker

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends

2003 / paperback reissue / ISBN 0-393-30321-7 / 6" x 8" / 256 pages / Social Science/American Folklore