# Paul Bunyan

Author: Stevens, James, 1892-1971; Lewis, Allen, 1873-1957 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70060

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Paul+Bunyan+Stevens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The Paul Bunyan legend had its origin in the Papineau Rebellion of 1837. This was a revolt of the French-Canadians against their young English queen. In the Two Mountains country, at St. Eustache, many loggers armed with mattocks, axes, and wooden forks which had been steamed and warped into hooks, stormed into battle. Among them was a mighty-muscled, bellicose, bearded giant named Paul Bunyon. This forest warrior, with a mattock in one hand, and a great fork in the other, powerful as Hercules, indomitable as Spartacus, bellowing like a furious Titan, raged among the Queen’s troops like Samson among the Philistines. He came out of the rebellion with great fame among his own kind. His slau...

## Chapters

- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/paul-bunyan-70060/chapters/16/index.md)