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Canoes: A Natural History in North America

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Ancient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, within the Southeast and around the Caribbean. And if a native of those distant times might encounter a canoe of our day—whether birch bark or dugout or a Up to date marvel made of carbon fiber—its silhouette would be straight away recognizable. That is the story of that singular American artifact, so little changed through the years: of canoes, old and new, the individuals who made them, and the labors and adventures they shared. With features of technology, industry, art, and survival, the canoe carries us deep into the natural and cultural history of North The united states.

In the foreword by Pulitzer Prize–winner John McPhee, we dip into the experience of canoeing, from the thrilling challenges of childhood camp expeditions to the moving reflections of long-time paddlers. The pages that follow are filled with historical photographs and artwork, authors Neuzil and Sims describe the dugout and birch bark craft from their first known appearance through the exploration of Canada by fur traders, to the recreational movements that promoted all-wood and wood-and-canvas canoes. Up to date materials such as aluminum, fiberglass, and plastic expanded participation and connected canoeists with emerging environmental movements. 

Finally, Canoes lets us hear the voices of past paddlers like Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North The united states, the use of birch bark and dugout canoes a decade before Lewis and Clark went overland, Henry Thoreau, Eric Sevareid, Edwin Tappan Adney, and others. Their stories are a tribute to the First Peoples who, 500 or 1,000 and even 5,000 years ago, built a craft designed to such perfection that it has plied the waters fundamentally unchanged ever since. 

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