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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

The Book of Scary Urban Legends

by Jan Harold Brunvand

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

Before radio and television, long before the Internet and e-mail, and even before there were folklorists around to collect them, rumors and legends circulated in urban settings, and they were sometimes noted and documented by journalists and other writers.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Legends”. Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the subtitle, “Legends” in the description, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Legends· via Open Library
    • Legends· in subtitle
    • Legends· in description
    • Folklore· in subject
    • Legends· in subject
    • Legends· in edition subtitle

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Editions

Open Library reports 4 editions; 1 cataloged here.

The Book of Scary Urban Legends

Open Library record

October 15, 2004W. W. Norton & CompanyEnglish
  • 9780393326130
  • 0393326136
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Subjects

3 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL66180W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
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