Contents |
Foreword : Scenes from a life in canoes / John McPhee -- Introduction -- Dugout canoes. Napolean Sanford -- Birch-bark canoes. Elm-bark canoes ; The oldest birch-bark canoe -- The fur trade. The Algonquin fur trade ; Frances Anne Hopkins -- All-wood canoes. Jule Fox Marshall -- Wood-and-canvas canoes. Tom Seavey ; Canoe sails -- Synthetic canoes. Canoe patents ; Canoes in wartime ; Square-stern canoes -- The human-powered movement. Paddles ; Canoe packs -- Canoe tripping. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-361) and index. |
Language | Text in English. |
Genre/form | History. |
LCCN | 2016042456 |
ISBN | 9780816681174 (Hc : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 0816681171 (Hc : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 9780816681181 (Pb : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 081668118X (Pb : acid-free paper) |