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	Jan Harold Brunvand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jan Harold Brunvand (born 1933) is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah in the United States who is best known for spreading the concept of the urban legend, or modern folklore.
		Brunvand is the author of several well-known books on the topic, starting with The Vanishing Hitchhiker in 1981.
		Born in Cadillac, Michigan, Brunvand received a Ph.D. in folklore from Indiana University in 1961.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jan_Harold_Brunvand (209 words)

	CNN - Chatpage - Books
		Jan Harold Brunvand: I read it sporadically, not because it isn't an interesting site, but because my life is so full of many other things that I must do other than look at news groups.
		Brunvand: Most people who correspond with me know about my writings and the reason they are contacting me is that they suspect a story they have heard is a legend.
		Brunvand: I would say the hardest to debunk, and it has been in three of my books, is the one I call "blue star acid." This story circulates in printed form on fliers that are passed around.
	www.cnn.com /COMMUNITY/transcripts/jan.harold.brunvand.html (3121 words)

	theFolklorist.com-Recommended Reading
		Folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand's first book on urban legends, provides a thorough introduction to the definition, interpretation, and themes of urban folkore.
		Brunvand's previous collections of urban legends (slightly fantastic stories that circulate in contemporary society), The Vanishing Hitchhiker and The Choking Doberman, have been extremely popular.
		Distinguished folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand, famous for his collections of 'urban legends,' offers readers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field of folklore.
	thefolklorist.com /books.htm (1456 words)

	Jan Harold Brunvand, The Vanishing Hitchhiker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		To paraphrase Brunvand, to the teller, the urban legend is true; it happened recently, it happened nearby, and it was learned from a reliable source.
		Brunvand also lists some examples where the hitchhiker is male; the context usually implies that he is Jesus, or in Utah, one of the Nephites of Mormon tradition.
		Brunvand includes some analysis of the legends, although it tends to be brief.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_brunvand_hitchhiker.html (559 words)

	The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story by Jan Harold Brunvand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Brunvand tracks the various permutations of such legends as "The Red Velvet Cake", "The Brain Drain", and "The Baby Roast".
		His son Erik Brunvand, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Utah, contributes his own view of computer hacker legends traded across the Internet.
		by Jan Harold Brunvand, ISB : Urban legends are those bizarre but believable stories that pass by word of mouth aas gospel truth.
	www.tonsofspecials.com /sales.php?609211 (781 words)

	Brunvand / Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story
		Through voluminous correspondence from readers of his books and syndicated newspaper column, Jan Harold Brunvand has become something of a clearinghouse for evolving versions of urban legends.
		"Brunvand, the unchallenged master of narratives that incorporate the absurdities and fears of modern urban life, adds....to his impressive collections of urban tales and humor.
		"Brunvand has the ability to be both scholarly and charming at the same time.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /f01/brunvand.html (374 words)

	Journal of Folklore Research - Book Notes
		This book is one of several that Jan Harold Brunvand he has written on the subject of urban legends, an area of folklore he began studying as an undergraduate in the 1950s under Richard M. Dorson.
		A contributing author, Erik Brunvand (Jan's son,) has written one of the chapters from this text.
		While Brunvand's books continue to debunk the legends people persist in believing, his main goals are to trace the development and growth of urban legends, acknowledge their importance and popularity, and inquire into the social values and concerns which allow the introduction of these legends.
	iupjournals.org /folklore/book/brunvand.html (397 words)

	Amazon.com: Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends: Books: Jan Harold Brunvand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Jan Harold Brunvand, professor emeritus at the University of Utah and author of numerous urban-legend collections, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker, The Choking Doberman, Curses!
		Brunvand's book is a delight to read simply as a collection of Urban Legends - the stories play on our love of fun, irony, mischief, coincidence or even morbid twists of fate.
		He is the leading scholar on the subject of urban legends, those sometimes funny and often terrifying stories you first heard on the playground or by the watercooler, which are always supposed to be true but can't be proved because they happened to a friend of a friend of a friend.
	www.amazon.com /Too-Good-Be-True-Colossal/dp/039332088X (2593 words)

	Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand, Jan Harold Brunwand W. W. Norton & Company - Bar Brews Gift ...
		It is ironic that Jan Harold Brunvand put together his "Encyclopedia of Urban Legends" because it was the ultimate reference work on the subject consulted in the 1998 film "Urban Legend," although there was no such book.
		Brunvand, a professor emeritus at the University of Utah, has written several books on the subject of urban legends, such as "Too Good to Be True," "The Vanishing Hitchhiker," and "Curses!
		Throughout the book what Brunvand calls "legend themes" are explored and he often touches on the scholarly approaches to the genre.
	www.barbrews.com /r-4456/m-Books/b-4483/a-0393323587/Default.aspx (877 words)

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	Colander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		University of Utah folklore professor Jan Harold Brunvand attempted to track down the story's origins for his fifth and final book of urban legends, The Baby Train.
		However, after the book was published, he received a letter from a Bucks County judge confirming that the case had actually come before him.
		Brunvand, Jan Harold, The Baby Train, W.W. Norton and Company, New York, 1993.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colander (445 words)

	The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story by Jan Harold Brunvand \| PopMatters Book Review
		Brunvand's books, including his latest The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story, are poised somewhere between academia and the mainstream.
		Brunvand lists the appearance of this story in different states, often getting the information from letters sent to him.
		Brunvand collects and retells numerous versions of this story and adds some fairly obvious commentary.
	www.popmatters.com /books/reviews/t/truth-never-stands.shtml (1232 words)

	Harold Brunvand Products
		The Choking Doberman by Jan Harold Brunvand (1986)
		The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Jan Harold Brunvand (1989)
		Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand...
	jakelamport.com /harold-brunvand.html (373 words)

	Casa Frumoasa; The House Beautiful in Rural Romania; Jan Harold Brunvand
		"Jan Brunvand constructs a concise yet informative and thoroughly documented socio-ethnographical narrative.
		Anyone who has traveled in Roumania or has an interest in the country has admired the striking tradition of exterior house decoration.
		Jan Harold Brunand is Professor Emeritus of English and Folklore at the University of Utah.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/cup/catalog/data/088033/0880335289.HTM (221 words)

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	NPR : Urban Legends
		All Things Considered, September 2, 1999 · Noah speaks with Jan Harold Brunvand, author of Too Good To Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends.
		You've likely heard at least some of them, but may not realize how many others have heard the same story.
		We hear some examples of well known tall tales, and Brunvand debunks them.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1058040 (158 words)

	The Big Book of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Marvels & Tales - Find Articles
		In the introduction and commentary to The Big Book of Urban Legends (BBUL), Jan Harold Brunvand wonders "is this the climax of my career as a folklorist--to see my collections of urban legends turned into comics?" (7).
		He continues, saying that his mentor, the late Professor Richard M. Dorson, would probably have approved as Dorson himself wrote an illustrated book, America in Legend.
		Magnanimous, Brunvand also observes that "comics are just another manifestation of the same popular culture that gives rise...
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_go2731/is_200310/ai_n9429053 (170 words)

	Strange Happenings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The original books by Jan Brunvald are a great introduction to the world of Urban Legends.
		If only I had known about this stuff when I was a kid.
		Jan Harold Brunvand, et al / Paperback / Published 1994
	www.bright.net /~tomb/reviews/strange.html (338 words)

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	Jan Harold Brunvand on LibraryThing \| Catalog your books online
		Jan and Fleming, Robert and Boyd, Robert Brunvand.
		Also known as: Jan Brunvand, Jan H. Brunvand
		206 LibraryThing users own 344 books by Jan Harold Brunvand.
	www.librarything.com /author/brunvandjanharold (305 words)

	Jan Harold Brunvand / The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story
		Jan Harold Brunvand / The Truth Never Stands in the Way of a Good Story
		I first encountered the story in a letter dated June 15, 1995, from a woman in Austin, Texas, who said it had been told to her husband, who works in a hotel, by a guest from Atlanta, a woman, who told it to him in the first person:
		1.Pat Truly, "The Unthinkable Is Becoming Less So Every Day," Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jan. 19, 1994.
	www.press.uillinois.edu /s00/excerpts/brunvand/chap1.html (1615 words)

	Textbooks by Jan Harold Brunvand - Direct Textbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Textbooks by Jan Harold Brunvand - Direct Textbook
		The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction by Jan Harold Brunvand
		Casa Frumoasa: The House Beautiful in Rural Romania (East European Monographs) by Jan Harold Brunvand
	www.directtextbook.com /author/jan-harold-brunvand (493 words)

	Encyclopedia of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand, Randy Hickman(Illustrator), New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN ...
		You will, once you read Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, the definitive word on the subject from the dean of urban-legend studies, Jan Harold Brunvand.
		Encyclopedia of Urban Legends (By Jan Harold Brunvand,Randy Hickman)
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	Urban Legends Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A compendium of 200 urban legends, in graphic novel format, each one illustrated by a different artist.
		Jan Harold Brunvand / Paperback / Published 1986
		Jan Harold Brunvand / Paperback / Published 1979
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	Too Good to Be True - Jan Harold Brunvand - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Too Good to Be True - Jan Harold Brunvand - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Too Good to Be True - Jan Harold Brunvand
		Jan Harold Brunvand has been collecting and studying modern folkore and presents the stories in their best retellings, with their latest variations, and examples of how they have changed.
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	Jan Harold Brunvand in general - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
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	Big Book Of Urban Legends: Adapted From The Works Of Jan Harold Brunvand; Author: Fleming, Robert; Author: With Boyd, ...
		Big Book Of Urban Legends: Adapted From The Works Of Jan Harold Brunvand; Author: Fleming, Robert; Author: With Boyd, Robert F.; Paperback
		Big Book Of Urban Legends: Adapted From The Works Of Jan Harold Brunvand
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	Jan Harold Brunvand
		See also: J.H. Jan Brunvand · Jan H. Brunvand · Jan Harold Brunwand
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	Encyclopedia of Urban Legends -- Jan Harold Brunvand
		Encyclopedia of Urban Legends -- Jan Harold Brunvand
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		Other entries discuss the relationship of urban legends to literature, film, comic books, music, and many other areas of popular culture.
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