Canoeing with the Cree Collector's Edition
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.44 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0873518772 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Colin P. Conn said Canoeing Into the Past. This is a true adventure story written by a great American icon. It was 19Canoeing Into the Past This is a true adventure story written by a great American icon. It was 1930 and in their late teens, Eric Sevareid and his good friend Walter Port, embark on an amazing canoe journey through much of Minnesota and a remote region of Canada. The story takes you back to an era when life was simple but abundant; to a time when the north woods was truly a brutal frontier and men were really men. They fight mosquitoes, flies, boredom, mud, rain, cold, gigantic waves on L. 0 and in their late teens, Eric Sevareid and his good friend Walter Port, embark on an amazing canoe journey through much of Minnesota and a remote region of Canada. The story takes you back to an era when life was simple but abundant; to a time when the north woods was truly a brutal frontier and men were really men. They fight mosquitoes, flies, boredom, mud, rain, cold, gigantic waves on L. Jay Runner said Sevareid has made it easy to be proud that you are one. An earlier reviewer mentioned a certain call, a certain similarity, a formless link to a couple of Jack London's works in the genre of literary naturalism. Sevareid is instead writing of the actual, is essentially writing a narrative with few symbols and metaphors compared with London's inspiring fiction that also runs deep into the heart. The Call of the Wild and White Fang often came to my mind also. I wonder if Port and Sevareid had read London? I'd bet they had.. "A simple, inspiring adventure" according to David Haupt. My, how the world changes in 80 years! This is not a book with the profundity that Sevareid was later noted for. It is a straight off account of two boys setting out on an adventure more dangerous than they realized which could easily have cost them their lives. Fool-hardy, yes. But, how remarkable that they succeeded.The book gives insight to how primitive Northern Canada and the world was almost within my own lifetime. Places like Norway House and York Factory sti
Canoeing with the Cree is an all-time favorite of mine. -----Ann Bancroft, Arctic explorer
Port—launched a secondhand eighteen-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. It includes a newly designed book, a handsome multipurpose collector’s tin, and a colorful art quality map annotated by Ann Raiho, who with Natalie Warren were the first women to replicate Sevareid and Port’s route.Just in time for the holidays, this limited-edition classic is the perfect gift for nature lovers and outdoor adventurers.The newspaper stories that Eric Sevareid wrote on this trip launched his distinguished journalism career, which included more than a decade as a television correspondent and commentator on the CBS Evening News.. Relive their quintessential adventure with this limited-edition book and map set. First published in 1935, Canoeing with the Cree is Sevareid&