Alligators in the Sewer and 222 Other Urban Legends: Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend...of a Friend...of a Friend

by Thomas J. Craughwell

Book Overview

Urban Legend (ur/ben lej/end) n. a fictional story, circulated by word-of-mouth, that is perpetuated by the continual assertion of truth. All the rumors that have passed through office e-mail... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157912061X
• ISBN13: 9781579120610
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

just what i needed

For obvious reasons I needed laugh this week. Alligators in the Sewer turned out to be just what I needed. Everyone of these urban legends is a classic and I remembered several of these stories from my childhood. Bloody Mary, the Hairy Hitchhiker, the Killer in the Backseat and of course the grandaddy of all the legends, the Girl Who Keeps Trying to Get Home are all here. I loved it.

A light, fun book for those who love urban legends.

I finished this book today and most of the time, i couldn't put it down. Unlike the bigger, bulkier books with lots of history behind them, this one gets right to the point. I do like the ones with the history, and even though this book provides some information like different variations or when the story started, sometimes I wanted more. There are a ton of legends in here though--and its very easy to read--its like hearing a good joke and you can't wait for the punchline. Even though some of them scared me--the poodle in the microwave (i can never read that one without cringing) and Bloody Mary (I still can't look into a mirror around midnight--cause then i will think of this story---you dont even have to do it at midnight, but for some reason, i always connect it to that!!) Plus, there are fun ones, like the college ones I enjoyed since i just graduated--i also loved hearing how elvis is alive and paul is dead. Quick and easy read... a "no nonsense" urban legends book! :)

This book is Great!

I think this book is Great. It reads quick and easy. Thats important to me because me and my friends can read the stories to each other in the hallway while we are going to class. I have got so many people reading this book now just because the majority of the stories are real funny. Everyone really likes "The Turkey Neck". This a book that under normal cercemstances would have taken me a month to read BUT, I read it in about a week. I would recomend this book to anyone. Its Great!

An enticing page-turner!

So much has been made of so-called urban legends in the recent past . . . in movies, newsmagazines, as fodder for talk shows. But it wasn't until I picked up this jewel of a book that I felt I could converse like a pro about them! First-rate writing, crackerjack research . . . bravo!

Definately entertaining

I thought this book wasted no paper with an analysis of each legend.If you want fascinating stories ,you have over 200 in this book.Other books ressemble humanaties text ,which have you skipping through dozens of boring pages to get to the stories themselves.Alligators in the sewer, really had what I wanted -lots of urban legends,in one book.