13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition

13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition image
ISBN-10:

0452284961

ISBN-13:

9780452284968

Released: Aug 30, 2005
Publisher: Plume
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
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Description:

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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