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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Stewart, Gail B.

Urban Legends

96 pp. | ReferencePoint | November, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-60152-185-9 $27.95
(4) 4-6 Mysterious & Unknown series. Stewart discusses the history of urban legends: their origins, transmission, and basis in fact (or not). Several well-known urban legends--e.g., the black-market kidney-removal victim in the bathtub--along with "Celebrity Urban Legends" ("Is Paul McCartney Dead?") are used as examples. Photos, illustrations, pull-quotes, and sidebars break up the dense text. Reading list, websites. Ind.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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