Author : Timothy J. Kent
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 17,59 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780965723008
A detailed history of the early Native American traveling craft and the traditional lifestyles of Native peoples and early traders and settlers.
Author : Cris Peterson
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 29,49 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 159078426X
A history of the North American fur trade, based on primary sources. The North American fur trade, set in motion by the discovery of the New World in the fifteenth century, was this continent's biggest business for over three hundred years. Furs harvested by Ojibwa natives in the north woods ended up on the sleeves and hems of French princesses and Chinese emperors. Felt hats on the heads of every European businessman began as beaver pelts carried in birchbark canoes to trading posts dotting the wilderness. Iron tools, woolen blankets, and calico cloth manufactured in England found their way to wigwams along the remote rivers of North America. The fur trade influenced every aspect of life—from how Europeans related to the Indians, how and where settlements were built, to how our nation formed. Drawing on primary sources, including the diaries of Ojibwa, American, and French traders of the period, this Society of School Librarians International Honor Book gives readers a glimpse of a little-known story from our past.
Author : John McPhee
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 19,66 MB
Release : 1982-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0374708592
In Greenville, New Hampshire, a small town in the southern part of the state, Henri Vaillancourt makes birch-bark canoes in the same manner and with the same tools that the Indians used. The Survival of the Bark Canoe is the story of this ancient craft and of a 150-mile trip through the Maine woods in those graceful survivors of a prehistoric technology. It is a book squarely in the tradition of one written by the first tourist in these woods, Henry David Thoreau, whose The Maine Woods recounts similar journeys in similar vessel. As McPhee describes the expedition he made with Vaillancourt, he also traces the evolution of the bark canoe, from its beginnings through the development of the huge canoes used by the fur traders of the Canadian North Woods, where the bark canoe played the key role in opening up the wilderness. He discusses as well the differing types of bark canoes, whose construction varied from tribe to tribe, according to custom and available materials. In a style as pure and as effortless as the waters of Maine and the glide of a canoe, John McPhee has written one of his most fascinating books, one in which his talents as a journalist are on brilliant display.
Author : Edwin Tappan Adney
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 23,3 MB
Release : 2007-10-17
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1602390711
The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birchbark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many requirements of their users. Even today, canoes are based on these ancient designs, and this fascinating guide combines historical background with instructions for constructing one. Author Edwin Tappan Adney, born in 1868, devoted his life to studying canoes and was practically the sole scholar in his field. His papers and research have been assembled by a curator at the Smithsonian Institution.
Author : John Jennings
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,88 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : 9781770851580
"Published in association with the Mariners' Museum"
Author : David Gidmark
Publisher : Mechanicsburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
A guide to building birchbark canoes in the Algonquin style. Includes history, overview of construction methods and looks at the techniques used by 4 Algonquin craftsmen.
Author : Kathy-jo Wargin
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 162753122X
Voyageur is the French word for "traveler," but in the Great Lakes region during the seventeenth century it described those men who made their living trading furs and goods along water routes. Traveling by canoe, these voyageurs helped to establish north woods trading posts and settlements, opening up the West to future exploration. Young Jacques's father is such a voyageur. He works long hours in bitterly cold weather, absent from home for weeks at a time. As he awaits his father's return from a season of trading, Jacques dreams of the day he will hold the canoe paddle and join the ranks of voyageurs.Author Kathy-jo Wargin is known for her many stories celebrating Great Lakes lore and north woods history including the 2001 IRA Children's Choice Award winner, The Legend of the Loon. She lives with her family in Petoskey, Michigan. David Geister's body of work with Sleeping Bear Press continues to grow and includes The Legend of Minnesota, also written by Kathy-jo Wargin. He specializes in historic art and has a background in commercial art. David lives with his family in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Author : Mark Neuzil
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 13,42 MB
Release : 2018-04
Category : Canoes and canoeing
ISBN : 9781554554386
"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. And if a native of those distant times might encounter a canoe of our day, whether birch bark or dugout or a modern marvel made of carbon fiber, its silhouette would be instantly recognizable. This is 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. With features of technology, industry, art, and survival, the canoe carries us deep into the natural and cultural history of North America. "--
Author : Jerry Stelmok
Publisher : Globe Pequot
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,52 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Boatbuilding
ISBN : 9781585745906
The definitive guide to building this classic watercraft. (SEE QUOTE.)
Author : Michel Bouchard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 35,78 MB
Release : 2021-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1793605440
In Eastern Métis, Michel Bouchard, Sébastien Malette, and Siomonn Pulla demonstrate the historical and social evidence for the origins and continued existence of Métis communities across Ontario, Quebec, and the Canadian Maritimes as well as the West. Contributors to this edited collection explore archival and historical records that challenge narratives which exclude the possibility of Métis communities and identities in central and eastern Canada. Taking a continental rhizomatic approach, this book provides a rich and nuanced view of what it means to be Métis.
