13: The Story of the World's Most Notorious Superstition Nathaniel Lachenmeyer,
Publisher: Plume
ISBN: 0452284961
DDC: 133
Edition: Paperback; 2005-08-30
Summary:
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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