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Legends of Paul Bunyan
Harold W. Felton, editor
Foreword by James Stevens
Illustrated by Richard Bennett$19.95 paper
ISBN: 978-0-8166-5460-4
The collected lore of Minnesota’s favorite lumberjack hero.
Paul Bunyan is a true American folk character, created in logging camp bunkhouses by men who spun exaggerated stories that combined hard work and fantasy.
While the origins of Paul Bunyan and his sidekick Babe the Blue Ox are hazy, many storytellers have over the years contributed their own takes to produce an existing body of work—a true American legend—that matches the size of the lumberjack himself.
Collected in colorful and engaging sections such as “Paul the Man,” “Paul and the Animal Kingdom,” and “The Wonderful Big Blue Ox, Babe,” Legends of Paul Bunyan features more than thirty authors celebrating the largest lumberman, including stories by such Bunyan luminaries as James Stevens and W. B. Laughead, as well as such literary icons as Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg.
Harold W. Felton (1902–1991) was the author and editor of numerous books of folklore for young readers.
448 pages | 53 b&w illustrations | 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 | 2008
Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book SeriesTABLE OF CONTENTS
An Old Logger’s Foreword James Stevens
Introduction Harold W. FeltonThe Spirit of Paul Bunyan Is in America
Paul, the Baby and the Boy
Paul, the Man
Food and the Kitchen
Paul’s Fellow Workers, Pals and Friends
Paul’s Adventures with Contemporary Heroes
Paul and the Animal Kingdom
Paul’s Great Inventions
Paul’s Vegetables
Paul Made GeographyPaul Had a Way with Water
Paul Made and Met the Weather
The Spirit of Paul Bunyan Will Stay in America
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
List of Authors, Publications, and Selections
Publication History