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Click here to follow the link to our tall tales web page. "The story of Paul Bunyan has been read by many children. Read below the origin of the story. Very Interesting..." Paul Bunyan: The stories of Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox, Babe, were made up to entertain the lumberjacks. The legend is that Paul was the best, the biggest, the strongest lumberjack anywhere from Maine to Oregon. The tales include how Lake Michigan was made when he dug a water hole for Babe, how he could clear a section of land of it's trees with one mighty swing of his ax and how he and Babe cleared a log jam in the Wisconsin River. One last thing, Paul loved to eat, especially pancakes! cited from: www.perry-lake.k12.oh.us/ |
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larger-than-life, or superhuman, main character with a specific job.
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Want to learn about the history of other tall tales. Click Here! Here is a guide that we used for writing our very own tall tales. This guide was great! http://www.hasd.org/ges/talltale/talltale.htm |
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tales, or exaggerated storytelling, began in the 1800's as a way for
Americans to come to terms with the vast and inhospitable lands they'd
come to inhabit - thick, dark forests filled with bears and panthers;
treeless, arid deserts and plains; towering mountains; and uncharted
seacoasts. The heroes and heroines of the tales were like the land
itself - gigantic, extravagant, restless and flamboyant. Their
exaggerated feats of courage and endurance helped the backwoodsman face
the overwhelming task of developing such a land."
From: American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne |
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