The Survival of the Bark Canoe - Mcphee, John

Tight, unmarked; spine straight with single crease; age tanned; a few stains to the cover; light general wear; "The building of...the traveling in...the love, the lore and the adventure of the birch bark canoe. Henri Vaillancourt makes birch bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the (Indigenous) used. He sews them and lashes them with split roots of spruce or white pine. No nails, screws or rivets mar their authenticity. For Vaillancourt, canoe making is an art to which he has dedicated his life. In one of Vaillancourt's canoes, the builder, John McPhee, and some friends travel 150 miles into the Maine woods. McPhee describes the expedition as he presents the lore of the canoe and tells a cracking good story.
Good
Soft cover
Warner Books
1975
New York, NY