Out Of The Northwoods

Download or read book Out of the Northwoods written by Michael Edmonds and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every American has heard of the lumberjack hero Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox. For 100 years his exploits filled cartoons, magazines, short stories, and children's books, and his name advertised everything from pancake breakfasts to construction supplies. By 1950 Bunyan was a ubiquitous icon of America's strength and ingenuity. Until now, no one knew where he came from—and the extent to which this mythical hero is rooted in Wisconsin. Out of the Northwoods presents the culture of nineteenth-century lumberjacks in their own words. It includes eyewitness accounts of how the first Bunyan stories were shared on frigid winter nights, around logging camp stoves, in the Wisconsin pinery. It describes where the tales began, how they moved out of the forest and into print, and why publication changed them forever. Part bibliographic mystery and part social history, Out of the Northwoods explains for the first time why we all know and love Paul Bunyan.

Download or read book Marven of the Great North Woods written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his Jewish parents send him to a Minnesota logging camp to escape the influenza epidemic of 1918, ten-year-old Marven finds a special friend.

Download or read book Dragonflies of the North Woods written by Kurt Mead and published by Kollath-Stensaas Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about all 102 species of dragonflies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario in this third edition of the best-selling Dragonflies of the North Woods, which won a National Outdoor Book Award.

Download or read book The Haunted Northwoods written by Tom Hollatz and published by Ohio. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of ghost stories of the Northwoods of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan includes photographs of houses and other places.

Download or read book Adventures of the Northwoods Set 1: First 5 Books written by Lois Walfrid Johnson and published by Mott Media (MI). This book was released on 2010-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting mystery and adventure series is set in the early 1900s in the untamed regions of Minnesota, northwest Wisconsin, and Michigan. These bestselling, historically accurate novels attract reluctant, average, and gifted readers. Both boys and girls identify with the characters who face danger and mystery while learning how to deal with peer pressure, family relationships, and the need for unconditional love and forgiveness. This set is the first five books in the series.

Download or read book Northwoods Standoff written by Thomas Sparrow and published by Bluestone Press. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equipped with a damaged brain, a propensity for violence, and a quarter of a million in ill-gotten gains, Thomas Sparrow sets out to find new pleasures and winds up in a hazy world of drugs and perversion.

Download or read book Northwoods Nightmare written by Jon Sharpe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA