Legends of Paul Bunyan
 


Legends of Paul Bunyan

Harold W. Felton, editor
Foreword by James Stevens
Illustrated by Richard Bennett

Table of Contents

Legends of Paul Bunyan

$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 Series

TABLE OF CONTENTS

An Old Logger’s Foreword     James Stevens                                                                                                    
Introduction     Harold W. Felton                                                                                                                                       

The 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 Geography              

Paul 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