{"product_id":"paul-bunyan-noah-van-sciver-9781662665233","title":"Paul Bunyan: The Invention of an American Legend: A Toon Graphic","description":"\u003cb\u003eDid you know that a mainstay of American folk culture was in fact created as an advertising ploy?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew people realize that Paul Bunyan, the legendary lumberjack, and his blue ox are the product of corporate marketing by a highly industrialized commercial enterprise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCartoonist NOAH VAN SCIVER shows us the myth creation as real life marketing man extraordinaire W.B. Laughead spins ever more wondrous tall tales. Van Sciver's story is bracketed by rich contributions from contemporary Native artists and storytellers with a very different connection to the land that the Bunyan myths often conceal. Readers will see how a lumberjack hero, a quintessential American fantasy, captures the imagination but also serves to paper over the seizure of homeland from First Peoples and the laying bare of America's northern forests. It's a tall tale with deep roots . . . in profit-making!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noah Van Sciver, Marlena Myles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662665237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662665233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Toon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.60w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 91","brand":"Noah Van Sciver","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132685906175,"sku":"9781662665233","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79337399-0488-468f-ad03-095d5228d093.jpg?v=1687481686","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paul-bunyan-noah-van-sciver-9781662665233","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}