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Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack in American folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in the oral tradition of North American loggers, and was later popularized by freelance writer William B. Laughead (1882–1958) in a 1916 promotional pamphlet for the Red River Lumber Company. He has been the subject of various literary compositions, musical pieces, commercial works, and theatrical productions. His likeness is displayed in several statues across North America.
Paul Bunyan, Op 17, is an operetta in two acts and a prologue composed by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by W. H. Auden, designed for performance by semi-professional groups. It premiered at Columbia University on 5 May 1941, to largely negative reviews, and was withdrawn by the composer. Britten revised it somewhat in 1976 and subsequently it had numerous performances and two commercial recordings. The story is based on the folkloric American lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, with the music incorporating a variety of American styles, including folk songs, blues and hymns. The work is strongly sectional in nature, highly reminiscent of the 'Broadway musical' style of the period.
Paul Bunyan is a mythical lumberjack.
Paul Bunyan may also refer to:
- Paul Bunyan (novel), a 1924 novel written by Esther Shephard and illustrated by Rockwell Kent
- Paul Bunyan (book), a 1925 book by James Stevens
- Paul Bunyan (film), a 1958 Walt Disney film, directed by Les Clark
- Paul Bunyan (operetta), a 1941 choral operetta composed by Benjamin Britten
- Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, a 1937 set of statues in Minnesota
- Paul Bunyan's Axe, a traveling trophy passed between the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin
- Paul Bunyan Broadcasting, a broadcasting company based in Bemidji, Minnesota
- Paul Bunyan Land, an amusement park in Brainerd, Minnesota
- Paul Bunyan Network, a group of radio stations in Michigan
- Paul Bunyan State Trail, a rail trail in Minnesota
- Paul Bunyan Trophy, a college rivalry trophy awarded to the winner of the annual American football game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University
- Operation Paul Bunyan, a show of force by the United States military in response to an attack by North Korean soldiers
- SS Paul Bunyan, a cargo ship built in the United States during World War II
- Paul Bunyan, the former stage name of professional wrestler Max Palmer.
Paul Bunyan is a 1958 animated musical short film released by Walt Disney Studios It was based on the North American folk hero and lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. The film was directed by Les Clark, a member of Disney's Nine Old Men of core animators. Thurl Ravenscroft starred as the voice of Paul Bunyan. Supporting animators on the project included Lee Hartman.
Paul Bunyan received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short in 1959, but lost to Warner Bros.' Bugs Bunny Cartoon, Knighty Knight Bugs. It was also included on the 2002 DVD release, Disney's American Legends
Usage examples of "paul bunyan".
So she was a lot of things - big like Paul Bunyan, wild like Zo, rebellious like the archaea, happy like John, and as stormy and tempestuous as the Northern Sea.
She had gotten a postcard from him, not a plain postcard like the one the poem had been written on but one showing the hideous plastic statue of Paul Bunyan which stood in front of City Center.
Is right that ugly plastic statue of Paul Bunyan in front of City Center?
But after Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe were dead, there was no one else around to talk to, and Mars for Big Man was like trying to live on a basketball.
He was just as much a visitor to Mars as Paul Bunyan, only passing by when he spotted it and stopped to look around, and he was still there when Paul Bunyan dropped in, and that’.
The show is full of heroes, and it'd take one bungus imagination to come up with something like a Paul Bunyan for the circus.
The Paul Bunyan had over ten thousand residents, and all of them came from administrative-class backgrounds.
It indicated short deadlines when we met Nissa, and when Paul Bunyan came.
The Paul Bunyan had over ten thousand inhabitants, and all of them came from administrative-class backgrounds.