Book of Urban Legend

Rodney Dale started collecting Urban Legends half a century ago -- long before they were identified as such. This rich collection, with its introduction to the sorts of tales we tell, will enthrall & amuse both casual browsers & students of contemporary lore. Uncle Joe's ashes baked in a cake (Delicious!); Granny's corpse stolen along with the family car; sewers alive with alligators . . . all these alleged occurrences -- & many, many others -- are the stuff of urban legend: the extraordinary things that you're told happen to that elusive Ôfriend of a friend' (foaf); someone whom you can never pin down, however hard you try. This book updates & augments the original 1978 edition.Dale, Rodney is the author of 'Book of Urban Legend', published 2006 under ISBN 9780756798543 and ISBN 075679854X.