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Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack in tall tales who has his friend Babe the Blue Ox and who dug the Grand Canyon by dragging his axe behind him.
Paul Bunyan is a mythical lumberjack? in tall tales who has his friend Babe the Blue Ox and who dug the [Grand Canyon]? by dragging his axe behind him. He is a classic American "big man" who was popular in nineteenth century America as an exemplar of a minority group.

Other Big Men:
*[Pecos Bill]?
*[Iron John of Michigan]?
*[John Henry]?
*Hiawatha?
*[Jack Magyar]?

See America
See folklore

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