TY  - BOOK
AU  - Neuzil,Mark
AU  - Sims,Norman
AU  - McPhee,John
TI  - Canoes : a natural history in North America 
SN  - 9780816681174
AV  - VM353 .N48 2016
U1  - 623.82/9 23
KW  - Canoes and canoeing
KW  - North America
KW  - History
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Boats
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-361) and index; 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
N2  - Ancient records of canoes are found from the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. Neuzil and Simms tell the story of that singular American artifact, so little changed over time: of canoes, old and new, the people who made them, and the labors and adventures they shared
ER  -