The Survival of the Bark Canoe.
by McPhee, John
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- Hardcover
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New York:: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux,, 1975.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning to the edges. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is the story of the ancient craft of Native American bark canoe making and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. It is a book squarely in the tradition of one written by the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, whose The Maine Woods recounts similar journeys in similar vessel. As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness.
Synopsis
In the small town of New Hampshire, Greenville, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that Indians used. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is a telling of this ancient craft and a 150 mile trip through the Maine woods in these examples of prehistoric technology. The book is written in the traditions of the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, whose text The Maine Woods recounts a familiar journey in a similar vessel. McPhee describes the expedition with Vaillancourt, the evolution of the bark canoe from beginning through the development of the large canoes used by fur traders of the Canadian North Woods. He notes the differing types of bark canoes, whose construction varied from tribe to tribe, according to custom and available materials. Effortless as the waters of Maine, John Mcphee has written a fascinating book, one in which his mind as a journalist is on brilliant display.
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- Bookseller
- Gregor Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26801
- Title
- The Survival of the Bark Canoe.
- Author
- McPhee, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing of the First US Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1975.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
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