Paul Bunyan: Last of the Frontier Demigods
Book Details
Author(s)Hoffman, Daniel
PublisherMichigan State University Press
ISBN / ASIN087013521X
ISBN-139780870135217
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank2,353,415
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Paul Bunyan is the giant of American folklore, so huge that several states claim him as their own-some say he was born in Michigan, others claim Minnesota, still others, Maine. Daniel Hoffman's Paul Bunyan shows that the hero's origins are more surprising still.Â
     More than another recounting of Paul Bunyan's adventures, this book is a classic of American folklore. First published in 1949, this new edition traces the clues of origin to turn-of-the-century logging camps, to the sparse record of actual folktales, and then to the ways these yarns were repeated, revised, simplified, or distorted.Â
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