Project Gutenberg 2010-06-28 Public domain in the USA. 230 Laughead, William B. 1882 1958 Laughead, W. B. (William B.) The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan As 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 Illustrated by the author. E-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 "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.) Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) PS Text Category: Humour Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: American Literature 102950 2025-07-13T10:48:10.203096 text/html 97711 2010-06-28T14:18:39 text/html 3145643 2025-07-13T10:48:17.002137 application/epub+zip 3145442 2025-07-13T10:48:13.721107 application/epub+zip 102486 2025-07-13T10:48:12.345140 application/epub+zip 3287625 2025-07-13T10:48:19.148075 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3277652 2025-07-13T10:48:15.871091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120611 2022-09-15T07:22:46.331006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 86811 2025-07-13T10:48:09.690122 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86701 2010-06-28T14:14:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19686 2025-07-13T10:48:19.275119 application/rdf+xml 17895 2025-07-13T10:48:12.839079 image/jpeg 4054 2025-07-13T10:48:12.591091 image/jpeg 3278867 2010-06-28T14:23:24 application/octet-stream application/zip 34201 2010-06-28T14:14:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 3425390 2025-07-13T10:48:10.326126 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog