I . John Bunyan
(1628–88)
an English writer of religious books, who also made religious speeches in public places. He fought on the side of Parliament in the English Civil War and later spent 11 years in prison for making Nonconformist religious speeches. While in prison, he began his most famous book, The Pilgrim’s Progress .
II . Paul Bunyan
a character in American legends. He is said to be a very large and strong lumberjack (= a person whose job is cutting down trees). He has a blue ox called Babe. Wild stories were told about him. In one of these the British navy built seven ships with the wood from his baby bed. Another said that Babe was so big that a new iron mine had to be opened each time he needed shoes.