Gentlemen of the woods manhood, myth, and the American lumberjack

The folk hero Paul Bunyan, burly, bearded, wielding his big ax, stands astride the story of the upper Midwest--a manly symbol of the labor that cleared the vast north woods for the march of industrialization while somehow also maintaining an aura of pristine nature. This idea, celebrated in popular...

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Main Author:	Brown, Willa Hammitt, 1985- (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2024]
Edition:	[Hardcover edition].
Subjects:	Loggers > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History. Logging > Great Lakes Region (North America) > History. Lumbermen > Great Lakes Region (North America) > Folklore. Lumbermen in literature. Loggers > United States > Public opinion. Indigenous peoples > America > Public opinion. Indigenous peoples > Public opinion.
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