The Truth Never Stands in Way of a Good Story

Here He [the Author] Looks In Detail At A Dozen Rampant And Long-lived Examples Of This Vigorous Category Of Contemporary Folklore, Tracing Their Historyies, Variations, Sources, And Meanings.--jacket. Richard M. Dorson And The Urban Legend -- The Brain Drain Legend Of The Long Hot Summer Of 1995 (and Beyond) -- The Baby Roast As A New American Urban Legend -- What's Red And White And Baked All Over? -- Was It A Stunned Deer Or Just A Deer Stunt?: The Story Behind The Missouri Legend -- Bedtime For Bozo: The Legend Of The Clown Who Cussed The Kids -- Lights Out!: A Faxlore Phenomenon -- A Blast Heard 'round The World -- The Folklorists' Search For The Ghost In Search Of Help For A Dying Person -- The Missing Day In Time -- Some Oddities Of Military Legendry -- Some News From The Miscellaneous Legend Files -- The Heroic Hacker: Legends Of The Computer Age / Eric Brunvand -- Conclusion: The Future Of Urban Legends. Jan Harold Brunvand ; With A Chapter On The Heroic Hacker By Erik Brunvand. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.