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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-005.mrc:416267282:2025
Source marc_columbia
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LEADER: 02025mam a22003494a 4500
001 2322856
005 20220616021402.0
008 990201t19991999nyua 000 0 eng
010 $a 99017562
020 $a0393047342
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm40762683
035 $9APJ2483CU
035 $a2322856
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aGR105$b.B715 1999
082 00 $a398.2/0973/091732$221
100 1 $aBrunvand, Jan Harold.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79055440
245 10 $aToo good to be true :$bthe colossal book of urban legends /$cJan Harold Brunvand.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton,$c[1999], ©1999.
300 $a480 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No, it didn't really happen to your friend's sister's neighbor: It's an urban legend. And no matter how savvy you think you are, you are sure to find at least one story in this colossal collection you always believed and would have sworn was true."--BOOK JACKET.
520 8 $a"Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting this modern folklore for over twenty years. In Too Good to Be True, he captures the best stories in their best retellings, along with their latest variations and examples of how the stories have changed as they move from person to person and place to place."--BOOK JACKET. "To help you find your favorite, Brunvand has arranged the tales thematically."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aUrban folklore$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010117522
650 0 $aLegends$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106891
650 0 $aUrban folklore.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141313
650 0 $aLegends.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075780
852 00 $bglx$hGR105$i.B715 1999