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100 1 _aLaughead, William B.,
_d1882-1958
245 1 4 _aThe Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan :
_bAs Told in the Camps of the White Pine Lumbermen for Generations During Which Time the Loggers Have Pioneered the Way Through the North Woods from Maine to California; Collected from Various Sources and Embellished for Publication
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIllustrated by the author.
500 _aRelease date is 2010-06-28
508 _aE-text prepared by David Edwards, Ernest Schaal, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by Microsoft's Live Search Books
520 _a"The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan" by William B. Laughead is a collection of tall tales written in the early 20th century. This book, rich in American folklore, recounts the legendary feats of Paul Bunyan, a mythical lumberjack, as well as his companion Babe the Big Blue Ox. The narrative celebrates the larger-than-life exploits that are woven into the fabric of logging history in North America, capturing the spirit of the lumber camps and the imaginative storytelling tradition of loggers. The stories within this collection introduce readers to the many adventures of Paul Bunyan, detailing his extraordinary strength and ingenuity in the logging industry. From his creation of lakes and rivers to accommodating his massive workforce of lumberjacks and cooks, Paul is portrayed as a humorous yet insightful figure in the development of America's timberlands. His bighearted nature and the absurdly exaggerated tales—like his altercations with giant mosquitoes and whimsical inventions for logging—illustrate the blend of myth and reality that defines his character and the life of the logging camps he ruled. Alongside Babe and the colorful cast of characters he meets, Paul Bunyan remains an iconic figure emblematic of the American spirit and folklore. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aBunyan, Paul (Legendary character)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32994
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