From: utzoo!decvax!microsof!gordonl
Newsgroups: net.books
Title: urban legends
Article-I.D.: microsof.5773
Posted: Fri Feb 25 08:10:52 1983
Received: Sat Feb 26 02:22:34 1983

A book on urban legends (the vanishing hitchhiker, the "hook" on
lovers lane, the alligator in the sewer, etc...) is

	The Vanishing Hitchhiker
	by Jan Harold Brunvand

it was published about two years ago but "is classified as a textbook"
which may mean you'll have to order it.

	gordon letwin
	microsoft