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Author
Neuzil, Mark, author.
Title
Canoes : a natural history in North America / Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims ; foreword by John McPhee.
Publication Info.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]
©2016
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Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction
623.829 Q NEUZIL
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Description
xxxiv, 370 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 21 x 26 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-361) and index.
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.
Language
Text in English.
Subject
Indians of North America -- Boats.
(OCoLC)fst00969669
North America. (OCoLC)fst01242475
Canoes and canoeing. (OCoLC)fst00845880
Canoes and canoeing -- North America -- History.
Canoes and canoeing -- Design and construction.
(OCoLC)fst00845882
Indians of North America -- Boats.
Local Subject
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Boats.
Genre/Form
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject
Canoes and canoeing -- Design and construction.
Added Author
Sims, Norman, author.
McPhee, John, author of foreword.
ISBN
9780816681174 (hardcover) (acid-free paper)
0816681171 (hardcover) (acid-free paper)
9780816681181 (paperback) (acid-free paper)
081668118X (paperback) (acid-free paper)
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