A review by crowyhead
The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings by Jan Harold Brunvand

4.0

This is a classic study of urban legends and modern folklore, and basically is the book that brought the term "urban legend" into the mainstream. It wasn't quite as in-depth as I remembered it being, possibly because I've read many more such books since I first read it back in highschool. Still, I'm glad to have re-read it, and I'm pleased that I now own my own copy.