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a Mike Fink. In days past, a Mike Fink meant “a rough and ready hero given to exaggeration about his exploits.” Mike Fink was a real American frontier hero (ca. 1770–1822), a river boatman and Indian fighter whose tall tales contributed greatly to the American folklore of exaggeration, a fact sup- ported by the 12 or more different accounts of his death. |