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Out of the northwoods : the many lives of Paul Bunyan / Michael Edmonds.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Edmonds, M. E.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character)--Legends.
Bunyan, Paul.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations, maps
Place of Publication:
Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Who was Paul Bunyan?
Bunyan's origins in fact and fiction
Lumberjacks and their culture
How the tales were told
The earliest surviving versions
The curious claims of Gene Shepard
Out of the woods and onto the page
Stewart and watt, the first careful collectors
Charles brown gets caught in the middle
Bunyan becomes a celebrity
Competing claims to fame.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-246) and index.
ISBN:
0-87020-471-8
OCLC:
809669864

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