THE STORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS SUPERSTITION 13

Author: NATHANIEL LACHENMEYER
Publisher: Not available
Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: 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.