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Ex-library copy in good condition, but with library stamps. Endpapers front and back have remnants of old pockets/due date slips. Jacket is good condition in mylar. Some wrinkling along the top edge (no tears or chipping) and the library call number label is on the jacket under the mylar.
From the dust jacket:
From the moment Paul Bunyan was six months old and sawed off the legs of his daddy's bed, his father knew he would be the greatest logger of all times, and so he was–Paul Bunyan, who brushed his beard with a half-grown pine, and had an acre or so of hand–aided, of course, by Babe the Blue Ox, who measured forty-two and a half ax-handles and a can of tomatoes between the eyes.
Ennis Rees has written a definitive version of the best stories concerning Paul Bunyan, one of the most meaningful and entertaining of America's legendary heroes, and he tells the tales in forceful, unrhyming verse that will delight the young reader and all the members of his family. Here are the tall tales of Paul Bunyan and his famous logging crew that ate flapjacks from a griddle "as far across as a good-sized lake" and "logged off both of the heavily wooded Dakota states in just one month of operations." Paul's many adventures include his battle with the Amazing Cornstalk, the revolt of Hels Helson, and the logging off of the Mountain That Stood On Its Head. One tale leads to another, and to complete the total narrative Mr. Rees tells a number of the stories about Paul's southern counterpart, Tony Beaver, who had his camp in West Virginia and who was "every bit as big and strong as Paul Bunyan." Toward the climax of the poem, Paul and Tony meet and discover what they have in common, a discovery that ends the book as it begins–in laughter.
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