The canoe : a living tradition / conceived by John Jennings ; with contributions from Eugene Arima [and others].
| Author/creator | Jennings, John, 1941- |
| Other author | Arima, E. Y. (Eugene Yuji), 1938- |
| Other author | Canadian Canoe Museum. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 2002. |
| Description | 271 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 x 28 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The realm of the birchbark canoe / John Jennings -- The canoe frontier / John Jennings -- Building birchbark canoes / Rick Nash -- Light craft from the great Northwest / David Finch and Don Gardner -- Vessels of life: Northwest Coast dugouts / Steven C. Brown -- Building dugouts / Eugene Arima -- The kayak and the walrus / Kenneth R. Lister -- Building umiaks / Eugene Arima -- From forest to factory: innovations and mass production / Ted Moores -- Paddling for pleasure in the Northeastern States / Hallie E. Bond -- Fast paddles and fast boats: the origins of canoe racing / C. Fred Johnston -- The scholar: Tappan Adney / John Jennings -- The collector: Kirk Wipper / Gwyneth Hoyle -- The canoe: a living tradition / James Raffan. |
| General note | "Produced in collaboration with the Canadian Canoe Museum."--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-257) and index. |
| LCCN | 2002437631 |
| ISBN | 1552095096 |
| ISBN | 9781552095096 |