About imaginary people 160px|Paul Bunyan's sidekick, Babe the blue ox, sculpted as a ten-meter tall roadside tourist attraction Subjects of some American tall tales include legendary figures: Tony Beaver – A West Virginia lumberjack and cousin of Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill – legendary cowboy who "tamed the wild west" Paul Bunyan – huge lumberjack who eats 50 pancakes in one minute and dug the grand canyon with his ax and also has an ox called Babe the Blue Ox who made the Mississippi River. Cordwood Pete – Younger brother to lumberjack Paul Bunyan Febold Feboldson – A Nebraska farmer who could fight a drought Johnny Kaw, a fictional Kansan whose mythological status itself was in one sense a figment, in that it was created recently, in 1955. Adherents of this assessment deem such stories fakelore Joe Magarac – A Pittsburgh steelworker made of steel Alfred Bull top Stormalong – An immense sailor whose ship was so big it scraped the Moon Further reading Brown, Carolyn. (1989). The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature. Knoxville, Tennessee: the University of Tennessee Press. .
About imaginary people 160px|Paul Bunyan's sidekick, Babe the blue ox, sculpted as a ten-meter tall roadside tourist attraction Subjects of some American tall tales include legendary figures: Tony Beaver – A West Virginia lumberjack and cousin of Paul Bunyan Pecos Bill – legendary cowboy who "tamed the wild west" Paul Bunyan – huge lumberjack who eats 50 pancakes in one minute and dug the grand canyon with his axe and also has a blue ox named Babe who made the Mississippi River. Cordwood Pete – Younger brother to lumberjack Paul Bunyan Febold Feboldson – A Nebraska farmer who could fight a drought Johnny Kaw, a fictional Kansan whose mythological status itself was in one sense a figment, in that it was created recently, in 1955. Adherents of this assessment deem such stories fakelore Joe Magarac – A Pittsburgh steelworker made of steel Alfred Bulltop Stormalong – An immense sailor whose ship was so big it scraped the Moon Further reading Brown, Carolyn. (1989). The Tall Tale in American Folklore and Literature. Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Press. .
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