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The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends |  | Author: Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 456219
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0393303217
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2091732
EAN: 9780393303216
ASIN: 0393303217
Publication Date: December 2003
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Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a "friend of a friend."
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 one of the best March 9, 2001
YVETTE MOHILL (chicago)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
jan harold is the best writer of the urban legend books. they have ben alot of immanters but his are the best. this one was second in the serires. the tile urban legend is well researched.
 Well-Written and Enjoyable July 25, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this book because the title was too strange to pass up. I found it to be thought-provoking and very well written. Although it's not a scary-story book, and the author proved all the legends weren't true, I didn't get any sleep the night after I read it! If you like spooky books, I highly reccomend "The Choking Doberman."
An eye-opening and enjoyable read March 19, 1998
Kelly J. Snowden (Redding, California USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Choking Doberman, the second in a series of books examining urban legend and folklore, is a rare find not only for its attention to the friend-of-a-friend stories that we've all heard, but also for its perhaps unintended window into the evolution of modern legends. Written in 1986, the myths and legends regarding computers and other modern inventions reviewed in the book, as well as the means by which such stories were disseminated, reflect the growing influence of information technology -- old legends about "cable lice" proliferating in phone or power cables have given way to doomsday viruses and other computer-age legends. I also was amused to discover so many legends being integrated into movies and television, such as the "baby on the car roof" (Raising Arizona), the woman who punishes her philandering husband with superglue (Reservoir Dogs), etc. Just goes to show that a good story always deserves a retelling.
great series January 12, 1998
Matthew Dodd
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
My family and I have read the whole series and shared and laughed at these stories many times. They make a great share-read on family trips!
Enjoyable and fun follow-up to "The Vanishing Hitchhiker" October 9, 1997
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Choking Doberman (1984) is folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand's follow-up to The Vanishing Hitchhiker. Unlike that previous work, however, The Choking Doberman is less didactic and more just plain fun, with newer stories, a wider variety of legends, and less academic analysis. Highly recommended for general audiences.
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