The Survival of the Bark Canoe

by John McPhee
Category: "Travel"
Pages:145
Year of Publication:1975
Date Read:07/04/2000
Notes:The story of Henri Vaillancourt, one of five men still making birch-bark canoes by hand. McPhee and Vaillancourt take a trip by canoe through the wilderness of norther Maine following Thoreau's route as described in THE MAINE WOODS.
My Rating: 8

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Review - Survival of the Bark Canoe, The

The author tells of one of the last remaining makers of birch bark canoes, then tells of a trip through the Maine woods by canoe following the route described by Thoreau in The Maine Woods.

Reviewed by Roger on 2000-11-06 14:44:16

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