Histoire de Montferrand : L'Athlete Canadien and Joe Mufraw

Monteiro, George

Observations on the folklore around Joe Montferrand (Muffraw), "[Paul] Bunyan's sometimes cook and occasional opponent," whose famed lumbering strength originated in Québec lore, and whose stories moved - along with French Canadians - to New England, Minnesota, and Michigan by the late nineteenth century.

Preview (JSTOR)

1960-01-00

en

Journal Article

1850-1930; New England; Michigan; Minnesota

#287

73

0021-8715