A collection of stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost." A collection of three stories about the farmer who'd rather sit on a porcupine than tell a lie includes "McBroom the Rainmaker," "McBroom's Zoo," and "McBroom's Ghost"

Recounts the exploits of Paul Bunyan's "little" sister, Paula, who lived in the North Woods, sang three-part harmony with the wolves, and used an angry bear for a foot warmer.

Greedy Henry Shortbull wants to have everything in the whole world, but when he swallows the sun one day, he realizes that he has gone too far.

Old Maynard Jenkins tells about the terrible blizzard that occurred one Christmas when he was a boy, when the weather was so cold in Lizzard, Indiana, that Santa Claus moved his workshop there and it snowed for two weeks straight.

A collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.

Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.

Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.

When Danny's sister doubts his boast that he can drink the entire sea, he not only proves he was right, he swallows everything else in sight.

A collection of tall tales about American folk heroes.

Paul Bunyan (1925) is a novel by James Stevens. Written from a lifetime of experience as a logger and historian of the logging industry, Paul Bunyan is a masterful take on one of the defining legends of the Pacific Northwest. Combining his own stories with those he heard at logging camps as a young boy, Stevens earned a reputation as a leading folklorist of his time whose novels and songs continue to resonate decades after his death. "He could whip...