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Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend
Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend
Author: Thomas J. Craughwell
Baby on the Car Roof brings together 222 totally new, funny, quirky, frightening, bizarre and always entertaining urban legends. Urban legends or myths are dramatic and often humorous stories that circulate under the guise of truth and usually as having happened to "a friend of a friend" even though often they are entirely made-up. Organized by ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781579121471
ISBN-10: 1579121470
Publication Date: 9/4/2000
Pages: 240
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3.6 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: Black Dog Leventhal Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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JamieB avatar reviewed Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend on + 26 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Very good book full of urban legends. I'm sure you will find several that you could have sworn were true!
reviewed Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend on + 15 more book reviews
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Excellent book, the urban legends are incredibly funny and very interesting! A definite must read if you're into urban legends.
reviewed Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend on + 66 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A fun read - especially for those of you who love urban legends!
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Pretty weird stuff...
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buzzby avatar reviewed Baby on the Car Roof and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend of a Friend of a Friend on + 6062 more book reviews
I was hoping that there would be some research on whether the legends were true or not, but beyond the short introduction, there isn't anything on that. On the other hand, urban legends are simllar to how we learned for millenia, around our fires, and it's pretty obvious that we didn't worry too much that some of our religious stories were true or not.


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