Willa Hammitt Brown

Gebundenes Buch

Gentlemen of the Woods

Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack

Beschreibung

"The folk hero Paul Bunyan stands astride the story of the upper Midwest-a manly symbol of the labor that cleared the vast north woods for the march of industrialization while somehow also maintaining an aura of pristine nature. This conception receives a long overdue and thoroughly revealing correction in Gentlemen of the Woods, a cultural history of the life and lore of the real lumberjack and his true place in American history"--

Autor

Willa Hammitt Brown first had her picture taken with Paul Bunyan when she was four years old in Akeley, Minnesota, and she grew up spending summers on Deer Lake in Itasca County in the heart of the Northwoods Vacationland. She is a writer and historian specializing in American cultural, gender, and environmental history and holds a PhD in history from the University of Virginia. She has taught history, gender studies, and expository writing at the University of Virginia, Harvard University, and onboard the MV Explorer for Semester at Sea. Her writing has been published in The Atlantic, American Jewish History, Western Historical Quarterly, and Environmental History. She lives in Minneapolis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 183mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 792g
• ISBN-13: 9781517912451
• ISBN-10: 1517912458
• Artikelnr.: 70742501