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Idleness, water, and a canoe : reflections on paddling for pleasure /

In the spring of 1940, subscribers to Queen's Quarterly read that the 'ingredients of a holiday in Canada are idleness, water, and a canoe.' This statement bears witness to the enduring importance of the canoe generations after the decline of the North American fur trade. Jamie Benidi...

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Основен автор: Benidickson, Jamie.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ℗♭1997.
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Canoes and canoeing > Canada.
Canoes and canoeing > Social aspects > Canada.
Canoes and canoeing > United States.
Canoes and canoeing > Great Britain.
Canots > Canada.
Canotage > Aspect social > Canada.
Canots > Etats-Unis.
Canots > Grande-Bretagne.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Canoeing.
NATURE > Essays.
Canoes and canoeing.
Canoes and canoeing > Social aspects.
CANADA.
Great Britain.
United States > .
Electronic books.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Idleness, water, and a canoe.
Съдържание:
  • 1. Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Popular Images and Personal Experiences
  • 2. A Useful Vessel: A Trout, a Moose, and a Canoe
  • 3. The Healing Pines
  • 4. God's Country
  • 5. The Canadian Summer Boy
  • 6. Women and Wilderness
  • 7. Rock Dodging and Other Perils
  • 8. Getting Organized: Clubs and Competitions
  • 9. What Kinda Boat Ya Got?
  • 10. The Craft and the Craftsman in Transition
  • 11. Native Impressions
  • 12. Destinations
  • 13. Comfort: Bringing It with You and Finding It There
  • 14. The Price of Adventure
  • 15. Consuming Wilderness
  • 16. The Future of the Voyageur.

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