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. 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. Mixing local happenings with supernatural tales and
creatively adapting traditional stories to suit changing audiences,
the diverse inhabitants of the U.P. 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.For
folklorist Richard M. Dorson, who ventured into the region in the
late 1940s, the U.P. was a living laboratory, a storyteller's
paradise. ""Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers"", based on his extensive
fieldwork in the area, is his richest and most enduring work. This
new edition, with a critical introduction and an appendix of
additional tales selected by James P. Leary, restores and expands
Dorson's classic contribution to American folklore. Engaging and
well informed, the book presents and ponders the folk narratives of
the region's loggers, miners, lake sailors, trappers, and townfolk.
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.
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