Jan Harold Brunvand

The Vanishing Hitchhiker

American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

The book that launched America's urban legend obsession!

The Vanishing Hitchhiker was Professor Brunvand's first popular book on urban legends, and it remains a classic. The culmination of twenty years of collection and research, this book is a must-have for urban legend lovers.

"A uniquely entertaining book, edifying scholarship, diverting social history."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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

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2003 / paperback reissue / ISBN 0-393-95169-3 / 6" x 8" / 224 pages / Social Science/American Folklore
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