Paul Bunyan : the invention of an American legend / Noah Van Sciver ; with stories and art by Marlena Myles ; introduction by Lee Francis IV ; postscript by Deondre Smiles.
Material type:
TextSeries: TOON GraphicsPublisher: New York : Toon Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 48 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- Children
- 9781662665226
- 1662665229
- 9781662665233
- 1662665237
- Bunyan, Paul (Legendary character) -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Logging -- United States -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Forests and forestry -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
- Folklore -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Juvenile literature
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Graphic Novel | 398.2097 V278 | Available | 33111011308570 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Did you know that a mainstay of American folk culture was in fact created as an advertising ploy?
Few people realize that Paul Bunyan, the legendary lumberjack, and his blue ox are the product of corporate marketing by a highly industrialized commercial enterprise.
Cartoonist NOAH VAN SCIVER shows us the myth creation as real life marketing man extraordinaire W.B. Laughead spins ever more wondrous tall tales. Van Sciver's story is bracketed by rich contributions from contemporary Native artists and storytellers with a very different connection to the land that the Bunyan myths often conceal. Readers will see how a lumberjack hero, a quintessential American fantasy, captures the imagination but also serves to paper over the seizure of homeland from First Peoples and the laying bare of America's northern forests. It's a tall tale with deep roots . . . in profit-making!
Includes bibliographical references (page 48).
"In a humorous graphic novel set in Minnesota around 1914, we see W. B. Laughead, an advertising manager for a lumber company, spin the Paul Bunyan tall tales. Highlights the impact of clear-cutting old-growth forests. With contributions by Native authors as well as historical maps, photos, and a bibliography."
Ages 7+ Toon Books.
Grades 4-6 Toon Books.