Canoes
Subtitle: a natural history in North America
By: Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims ; foreword by John McPhee
Contributors: Sims, Norman, author; McPhee, John, 1931- author of foreword
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9780816681174
Subjects: Boats; History; Canoes and canoeing; Indians of North America; Design and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-361) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword. Scenes from a life in canoes / John McPhee; title: Introduction; title: Dugout canoes ; Napolean Sanford; title: Birch-bark canoes. Elm-bark canoes ; The oldest birch-bark canoe; title: The fur trade. The Algonquin fur trade ; Frances Anne Hopkins; title: All-wood canoes ; Jule Fox Marshall; title: Wood-and-canvas canoes. Tom Seavey ; Canoe sails; title: Synthetic canoes. Canoe patents ; Canoes in wartime ; Square-stern canoes; title: The human-powered movement. Paddles ; Canoe packs; title: Canoe tripping.