sentences:  The stories were initially printed in the city newspaper, "The Manhattan Mercury", during the centennial and later collected into a self-published book by Filinger, who created Kaw to be Kansas' answer to other heroes like Bunyan and Pecos Bill.Elmer Tomasch of the Kansas State University Art Department provided ink drawings to illustrate the stories and the book.Fiilinger's stories related how Johnny Kaw created the Kansas landscape, geography and pioneer trails.