title: The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings
author:  Jan Harold Brunvand 
description: "A uniquely entertaining book, edifying scholarship, diverting social history."<br /><br />A uniquely entertaining book, edifying scholarship, diverting social history. --Elaine Kendall"
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