Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State

by Sheryl James

Book Overview

Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two told of Michigan's herculean lumberjack, Paul Bunyan.

But what about Detroit's Nain Rouge, the red-eyed imp they say bedeviled the city's earliest residents? Or Le Griffon, the Great Lakes' original ghost ship that some believe haunts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472051741
• ISBN13: 9780472051748
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: University of Michigan Regional
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"