Wholesale Folktales and Legends of the Middle West

A history of the region as told through its folklore, music, and legends. Entertaining, informative, appealing, charming, and a thoroughly compelling read from first page to last.--Midwest Book Review America's first superheroes lived in the Midwest. There was Nanabozho, the Ojibway man-god who conquered the King of Fish, took control of the North Wind, and inspired Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha. In Folktales and Legends of the Middle West, Edward McClelland collects these stories and more, offering a magical history of the region and some of its larger-than-life characters. Readers will encounter all sorts of creatures here, including: - Nain Rouge: the Demon that Haunts Detroit - Peg Leg Jo and the songs of the Underground Railroad - Mike Fink and the Pirates of Ohio - The Hodag, the terror of Wisconsin's North Woods - Bessie, the Lake Erie Monster