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Author Fichter, George S.

Title How to build an Indian canoe / adapted by George S. Fichter.

Publication Info. New York : D. McKay, [1977]
©1977

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  970.004    Check Shelf
Description 90 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Adaptation of E. T. Adney's The bark canoes and skin boats of North America.
Includes index.
Summary Describes the construction of a canoe as the Indians used to do it and discusses the distinctive features of the craft of various tribes.
Contents Contents: Bark Canoes -- Birch Country -- Materials and Tools -- Constructing the Canoe -- Canoes of the Eastern Maritime Region -- Canoes of Central Canada -- Canoes of Northwestern Canada -- Fur-trade Canoes -- Index.
Subject Indians of North America -- Boats.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Boats -- Juvenile literature.
Subject Canoes and canoeing -- North America.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Boats.
Subject Indians of North America -- Boats -- Juvenile literature.
Canoes and canoeing -- North America -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Adney, Tappan, 1868-1950. Bark canoes and skin boats of North America.
ISBN 0679203524
9780679203520
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