Marshall Fishwick describes these largely literary figures as imitations of Paul Bunyan.
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Considered by many an authentic artifact of the Underground Railroad, the song "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" is in fact of uncertain origin and was not published until 1928, sixty-three years after the end of slavery.
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Bowman received a Newbery Honor in 1938 for Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time about the "legend" of Pecos Bill.