Most tall tales start out as a kernel of truth that grows into a fantastical and impossible story. Early America, with its challenges of the great unknown, was the perfect setting for stories about frontiersmen like Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan to grow to epic proportions. This innovative set celebrates some of Americas legends through the colorful and energetic style of graphica, or graphic nonfiction. It examines the connection of these delightfully exaggerated stories to the real people who inspired them. Each book includes a stat sheet that highlights some of the indisputable facts about these legends amazing lives.