13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition Paperback - 2005
by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13
If thirteen people sit down at a table, will one die within a year? Why did five U.S. presidents join the Thirteen Club? What is the only major New York hotel that has a thirteenth floor?
In 13, a fascinating cultural history-cum-detective story, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer gets to the root of how one superstition the fear of the number 13 developed among wildly divergent societies. A book about mythmaking, 13 explores why people believe what they believe, and the real reason Friday the 13th is the most unlucky day in the world.
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I HAD NEVER HEARD of the 13-at-a-table superstition until I read the Thirteen Club articles in Miscellany.
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- Title 13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition
- Author Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 212
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New York, NY
- Date August 30, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780452284968 / 0452284961
- Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.08 x 0.43 in (19.61 x 12.90 x 1.09 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.41
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