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Cloice R. Howd

b. 1888

A scholar of labor and folklore, this early 20th-century writer moved between academic research and tall-tale storytelling. He is best remembered as the co-author of Paul Bunyan and His Loggers, while his doctoral work explored the West Coast lumber industry and the lives of workers within it.

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Paul Bunyan and His Loggers

Paul Bunyan and His Loggers

by Otis T. Howd, Cloice R. Howd

About the author

Born in Iowa on August 6, 1888, and later associated with Missouri, he appears in historical records as Cloice Ray Howd. A memorial record identifies him as a sociology professor at William Jewell College, and he died on May 18, 1933, at the age of 44.

His best-known surviving book is Paul Bunyan and His Loggers, written with Otis T. Howd. The work draws on American logging lore and helped preserve the larger-than-life stories surrounding Paul Bunyan for later readers.

He also wrote Industrial Relations in the West Coast Lumber Industry, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1924. The Library of Congress notes that it was based on his Ph.D. thesis at the University of California in 1923, showing that his interest in lumber camps extended beyond legend into serious study of labor, industry, and social life.