The Survival of the Bark Canoe

The Survival of the Bark Canoe

John McPhee
McPhee travels through the Maine woods in a birch bark canoe built by Henri Vaillancourt — a young craftsman obsessed with replicating the ancient Algonquin design. The canoe is beautiful. The canoe builder is difficult. McPhee documents both.
Sailing & Paddling Narrative Nonfiction Eastern U.S.
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Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published 1975
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