Fire Canoe

Fire Canoe
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9781459732094
ISBN-13 : 145973209X
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Fire Canoe by : Ted Barris

Years before railroads arrived, the Canadian West was opened up by an unlikely breed of ship: steamboats plying Prairie waterways. Their aboriginal pilots, experts at reading the tricky waterways, called the ships “fire canoes.” By day they chased freight contracts, but at night they introduced the Edwardian Prairies to pleasure cruises.

Fire in the Bones

Fire in the Bones
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Publisher : HarperPerennial
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0006386555
ISBN-13 : 9780006386551
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Fire in the Bones by : James Raffan

When Bill Mason set off alone into the wilderness in his red canoe, many people went with him, if only in their imaginations. Now, James Raffan leads us into the heart of the vast landscape that was Bill Mason's own brilliant imagination, on a biographical journey that is entertaining, enriching and inspiring.Bill Mason was a filmmaker who gave us classics such as Cry of the Wild and Paddle to the Sea; he was author of the canoeist's bible, Path of the Paddle; he was the consummate outdoorsman. But few Canadians know that his gentleness and rugged self-sufficiency masked a life of great physical struggles. James Raffan reveals the private, sometimes anguished, man behind the legend.

River of Fire

River of Fire
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Publisher : Latitude 46
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0995823537
ISBN-13 : 9780995823532
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis River of Fire by : Hap Wilson

New York's Men's Journal Magazine hired a studio photographer from Brooklyn, a post-master/writer from Thermond West Virginia and two Canadian river guides to paddle one of the country's most dangerous whitewater rivers - the Seal in northern Manitoba, for the purpose of publishing the quintessential Canadian adventure story. Add to this unlikely melange of characters, the possibility of capsizing in freezing water, the threat of polar bears, a midnight sail down Hudson Bay and Manitoba's worst boreal wild fire, this chronicle will carry the reader to the extreme edge of exploration.

The Independent

The Independent
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 832
Release :
ISBN-10 : MINN:319510007466604
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Independent by : Leonard Bacon

The Starship and the Canoe

The Starship and the Canoe
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Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Total Pages : 316
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781680512793
ISBN-13 : 168051279X
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Starship and the Canoe by : Kenneth Brower

“The Starship and the Canoe is neither a wilderness survival manual nor a book of blueprints. It is another of those rare books impossible to define: the kind that seeks you in time. And you will know it, live it, and consult it thereafter simply by name.” --Chicago Sun-Times “Brower’s superbly written book clutches at one’s imagination.” --Publishers Weekly “In the tradition of Carl Sagan and John McPhee, a bracing cerebral voyage past intergalactic hoopla and backwoods retreats.” --Kirkus Reviews Originally published in 1978, The Starship and the Canoe is the remarkable story of a father and son: Freeman Dyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist who dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there. His son George, a brilliant high school dropout, lives in a treehouse and is designing a giant kayak to explore the icy coastal wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Author Kenneth Brower describes with stunning impact their lives and their visions of the world. It is a timeless tale framed by modern science, adventure, family, and the natural world.

Outing

Outing
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 312
Release :
ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101064476763
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

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Motor Boat

Motor Boat
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 842
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433069077265
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

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Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga

Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 180
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1610603443
ISBN-13 : 9781610603447
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Art of the Canoe with Joe Seliga by : Jerry Stelmok Deborah Sussex

Joe Seliga is a craftsman, noted for his handcrafted canvas-covered cedar canoes, who lives in Ely, Minnesota.