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Sports & Recreation Canoeing

The Canoe

A Living Tradition

edited by John Jennings

Publisher
Firefly Books
Initial publish date
Feb 2025
Category
Canoeing, Native American, General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554070800
    Publish Date
    Oct 2005
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781552095096
    Publish Date
    Oct 2005
    List Price
    $59.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780228105510
    Publish Date
    Feb 2025
    List Price
    $39.95

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"Thoroughly entertaining, beautifully illustrated ... An utterly enchanting trip back in time."
-- Booklist

"This tribute is a wonderfully rich volume on [the canoe's] history in North America ... Adeptly written and wonderfully illustrated with over 400 photographs and maps."
-- Library Journal

The canoe was essential to the early exploration of North America. Today, it is a vital link to the natural environment and vast wilderness, still widely used for recreation, transportation and sport.

The Canoe is the definitive history of the construction and use of the canoe, kayak, dugout and umiak in North America. The book covers the canoe's origins among Native peoples, its quick adoption by European settlers, its development from a working vessel to a recreational craft. Rare archival images, maps, artwork and stunning photographs of vintage canoes are included.

Produced with the support and collaboration of scholars and museums throughout the world, The Canoe also features:

  • High-tech sport canoes and kayaks used in contemporary Olympic Games
  • 400 beautiful images of canoe craftsmanship
  • Step-by-step photos and explanations for building a traditional bark canoe
  • Profile of the famous model-builder, Tappan Adney
  • Detailed maps, glossary, source list and index.

About the author

John Jennings is a retired associate professor in the Department of History at Trent University, former member of the Canadian Equestrian Team, and currently the member for Ontario on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. He has written extensively on the North West Mounted Police, Aboriginal-European relations in the Canadian and American wests, and the role of The Canoe in Canadian history and culture.

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