Title:
Canoes : a natural history in North America / Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims ; foreword by John McPhee.
ISBN:
9780816681174
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Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
xxxiv, 370 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 x 26 cm
Contents:
Foreword: Scenes from a life in canoes / John McPhee -- Introduction -- 1. Dugout canoes. Napolean Sanford -- 2. Birch-bark canoes. Elm-bark canoes ; The oldest birch-bark canoe -- 3. The fur trade. The Algonquin fur trade ; Frances Anne Hopkins -- 4. All-wood canoes. Jule Fox Marshall -- 5. Wood-and-canvas canoes. Tom Seavey ; Canoe sails -- 6. Synthetic canoes. Canoe patents ; Canoes in wartime ; Square-stern canoes -- 7. The human-powered movement. Paddles ; Canoe packs -- 8. Canoe tripping.
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Language Note:
Text in English.
OCLC Number:
ocn951157531
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