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Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American [2] and Canadian folklore. [3] His tall tales revolve around his superhuman labors, [4] [5] and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox, his pet and working animal.
"The Frozen Logger" is an American folk song, written by James Stevens. [1] It is a tall tale song which makes reference to a logger being identifiable by the habit of stirring coffee with his thumb.
The most famous depiction of a lumberjack in folklore is Paul Bunyan. Several towns claim to have been Paul Bunyan's home and have constructed statues of Bunyan and his blue ox "Babe". [43] Known for their many exploits, many real life loggers have become renowned for their extraordinary strength, intuition, and knowledge of the woods.
Paul Bunyan is a 1958 American animated musical short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. [1] The short was based on the North American folk hero and lumberjack Paul Bunyan and was inspired after meeting with Les Kangas of Paul Bunyan Productions, who gave Disney the idea for the film.
Paul Bunyan, The Frozen Logger, James Stevens (1892 – December 31, 1971) was an American writer and composer . Born in Albia, Iowa , [ 1 ] he lived in Idaho from a young age, and based much of his later novel Big Jim Turner (1948) on his childhood spent in Pacific Northwest logging camps.
Ol' Paul, the Mighty Logger is an anthology of ten original Paul Bunyan tall tales: it was written and illustrated by Glen Rounds, and published by Holiday House in 1936. [1] Upon its publication, Kirkus Reviews praised it, saying that "there's a harmony about this book -- the telling of familiar episodes from the Paul Bunyan legend, the ...
Tall Tale (also known as Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill) is a 1995 American Western adventure fantasy film directed by Jeremiah Chechik, written by Steven L. Bloom and Robert Rodat, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Caravan Pictures and starring Scott Glenn, Oliver Platt, Nick Stahl, Stephen Lang, Roger Aaron Brown, Catherine O'Hara, and Patrick Swayze.
A giant Paul Bunyan statue is brought to life and attacks the character Richie in the film It Chapter Two. The story of Paul Bunyan is told in the season 5 episode Tall Titan Tales of the animated television series Teen Titans Go!. Gottlieb pinball manufacturer made a 2 players machine based on this theme: IPDB #1768