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The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends

by Jan Harold Brunvand · 1981

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Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend."

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anthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of this
Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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