Gentlemen of the Woods : Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack / Willa Hammitt Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Willa Hammitt, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lumbermen in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The folk hero Paul Bunyan stands astride the story of the upper Midwest-a manly symbol of the labor that cleared the vast north woods for the march of industrialization while somehow also maintaining an aura of pristine nature. This conception receives a long overdue and thoroughly revealing correction in Gentlemen of the Woods, a cultural history of the life and lore of the real lumberjack and his true place in American history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Bull cooks and walking bosses : camp life in a booming industry

"His Flesh hung in tatters and strings": the violence of nature.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-7152-8

1-4529-7151-X

OCLC:

1482272778