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Michigan Legends : Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State /
"Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two told of Michigan's herculean lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. But what about Detroit's Nain R...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
The University of Michigan Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Legends of early Detroit. The Nain Rouge, demon of Detroit ; Two men and the 1832 cholera epidemic ; An early Detroit spirit sighting ; The talking mare ; The werewolf of early Detroit ; A certain energy at historic Fort Wayne
- Tales from Michigan's thumb. Paul Bunyan: original Michigan hero ; The spiritual knowledge at Sanilac
- Great Lakes ship legends. Le Griffon: Michigan's original ghost ship ; The Western Reserve ghost
- Legends of old Michilimackinac and the upper peninsula. The real meaning of the name Michilimackinac ; The boy who became a wolf ; The magic healing powers of the bloodstoppers ; How corn came to the Indians
- Legends from western Michigan. The safe house at Schoolcraft, Dead Shot and Lynx Eye: brave scouts of early Michigan ; The great flood, an Ojibway legend ; Why Michigan's weather is so changeable ; Why the robin has a red breast
- Are we still creating legends today?