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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, 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.
The People, Yes is a book-length poem written by Carl Sandburg and published in 1936. The 300 page work is thoroughly interspersed with references to American culture, phrases, and stories (such as the legend of Paul Bunyan).
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The hugag, a typical fearsome critter.Illustration by Coert DuBois from Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William T. Cox.. In North American folklore and American mythology, fearsome critters were tall tale animals jokingly said to inhabit the wilderness in or around logging camps, [1] [2] [3] especially in the Great Lakes region.
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 ...