Loaded for tall tales

“And tall tales they are! There was the man who shot five bears with one bullet, the man who shot one bear for each day of the year, the man who invented the slow bullet, and the man who fashioned a curved rifle barrel so efficient that when he shot from his door he had to pull in his head to escape the bullet coming around the house.’’

— From the WPA’s 1937 book Maine: A Guide ‘‘Down East’’