Remote and rugged, Michigan\'s Upper Peninsula (fondly known as the U.
P.) has been home to a rich variety of indigenous peoples and Old World immigrants--a heritage deeply embedded in today\'s Yooper culture.
Unfolding the variously peculiar and raucous tales of the U.
P., Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers reveals a vital component of Upper Midwest culture and a fascinating cross-section of American society..
Engaging and well informed, the book presents and ponders the Folk narratives of the region\'s loggers, miners, lake sailors, trappers, and townsfolk.
Leary, restores and expands Dorson\'s classic contribution to American folklore.
This new edition, with a critical introduction and an appendix of additional tales selected by James P.
Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers , based on his extensive fieldwork in the area, is his richest and most enduring work. was a living laboratory, a storyteller\'s paradise.
Dorson, who ventured into the region in the late 1940s, the U.
P.
For folklorist Richard M. have created a wealth of lore populated with tricksters, outlaws, cunning trappers and poachers, eccentric bosses of the mines and lumber camps, Bloodstoppers gifted with the lifesaving power to stop the flow of blood, bearwalkers able to assume the shape of bears, and more.
Mixing local happenings with supernatural tales and creatively adapting traditional stories to suit changing audiences, the diverse inhabitants of the U.
P.
Ojibwes, French Canadians, Finns, Cornish, Poles, Italians, Slovenians, and others have all lived here, attracted to the area by its timber, mineral ore, and fishing grounds.
Remote and rugged, Michigan\'s Upper Peninsula (fondly known as the U.
P.) has been home to a rich variety of indigenous peoples and Old World immigrants--a heritage deeply embedded in today\'s Yooper culture
