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"How A Terrible Timber Feller Became A Legend!" |
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Book Reviews:
D. Laurence Rogers discovered a
series of clues linking the history of an infamous nineteenth
century lumberjack, Fabian "Joe" Fournier, to the development
of famous Paul Bunyan. totally preposterous?...not quite. To
this date, even history scholars couldn't have dreamed the bar
brawling Fournier would turn-out to be a Prince Charming after
his death, but this amazing sequence of research will convince
even the reader with a casual interest in the legend of Paul
Bunyan.
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-David C.
Miller Author of Dreamwatch, Blood Link, Cardiac Arrest and
other novels with John H. Way, M.D.
"A book to excite
the scholar as well as the lover of legends. This thoroughly
researched work breathes life into a Northwoods' hero whose
exploits are more than a match for that lumberjack of lore."
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-Booklist,
American Library Association
"If you think
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox are totally imaginary, you're
in for a suprise: both are based in reality. Rogers traces
their actualities...and some of the early Bunyan tales as
well, enabling the reader to see how easily exaggeration came
to the lumbermen. It's all very worthwhile for those seeking
the roots of our country's greatest tree feller."
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EMC Paradigm
Publishing has included a chapter from Paul Bunyan, How A
Terrible Timber Feller Became A Legend, in their EMC
Masterpiece series: Literature and the Language Arts. The
textbook, for students in grades 6-12, according to the
publisher is aimed at presenting superior literary selections
from a wide variety of cultures in a way that makes them
accessible and enjoyable to students of all abilities. |
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