Woods and Lakes of Maine; A Trip from Moosehead Lake to New Brunswick in a Birch-Bark Canoe, to Which Are Added Some Indian Place-Names and Their Meanings, Now First Published
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Woods and lakes of Maine a trip from Moosehead lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe, to which are added some Indian place-names and their meanings, now first published (1884)
EN PB NW RPISBN: 9781236097637 bzw. 1236097637, in Englisch, RareBooksClub, Taschenbuch, neu, Nachdruck.
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This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 50 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: . . . over a larger surface. A strong backwoodsman will pick up his canoe by the rails in front of the middle thwart, and swing it over his head with ease, while the average tourist, if he ever attempts to carry one, prefers to rest the bow against the low branch of some tree, and then get under the canoe at his leisure. The ordinary birch-bark canoe of Maine to-day is about eighteen feet long, three feet wide in the middle, and a foot deep, and the ends curve more or less according to the fancy of the builder, but seldom according to the fancy of many illustrators. It weighs from eighty to one hundred and ten pounds, sometimes exceeding the latter figure, especially after having become water-soaked. Canoes are made for hunting which have the ribs an inch or two apart, and weigh sixty or seventy pounds. There are two principal models of canoe, the flatbottomed or lake-canoe, and the round-bottomed or rivercanoe. It goes without saying that the former is the steadier and safer of the two, and the writer considers ic the better even for rapid water. The round-bottomed birch, to be sure, possesses the quality of responding at once to the stroke of the paddle or setting-pole, an advantage often of great moment in rapid water, and not to be lightly esteemed. On the other hand, this form of canoe draws more water than the other, and consequently is more apt to be scraped and injured by hidden rocks, and there are seldom passages between rocks so narrow that either canoe cannot ride through with equal ease. A flat-bottomed canoe, if made to curve somewhat on the bottom towards each end, will possess the advantages of both models, with few of their disadvantages. It will be safe, and easily guided. The canvas canoe which the writer used on this voyage was flat-bottomed, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 50 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: . . . over a larger surface. A strong backwoodsman will pick up his canoe by the rails in front of the middle thwart, and swing it over his head with ease, while the average tourist, if he ever attempts to carry one, prefers to rest the bow against the low branch of some tree, and then get under the canoe at his leisure. The ordinary birch-bark canoe of Maine to-day is about eighteen feet long, three feet wide in the middle, and a foot deep, and the ends curve more or less according to the fancy of the builder, but seldom according to the fancy of many illustrators. It weighs from eighty to one hundred and ten pounds, sometimes exceeding the latter figure, especially after having become water-soaked. Canoes are made for hunting which have the ribs an inch or two apart, and weigh sixty or seventy pounds. There are two principal models of canoe, the flatbottomed or lake-canoe, and the round-bottomed or rivercanoe. It goes without saying that the former is the steadier and safer of the two, and the writer considers ic the better even for rapid water. The round-bottomed birch, to be sure, possesses the quality of responding at once to the stroke of the paddle or setting-pole, an advantage often of great moment in rapid water, and not to be lightly esteemed. On the other hand, this form of canoe draws more water than the other, and consequently is more apt to be scraped and injured by hidden rocks, and there are seldom passages between rocks so narrow that either canoe cannot ride through with equal ease. A flat-bottomed canoe, if made to curve somewhat on the bottom towards each end, will possess the advantages of both models, with few of their disadvantages. It will be safe, and easily guided. The canvas canoe which the writer used on this voyage was flat-bottomed, . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.
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Woods and lakes of Maine; a trip from Moosehead lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe, to which are added some Indian place-
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Lucius Lee Hubbard, Books, Science and Nature, Woods and lakes of Maine; a trip from Moosehead lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe, to which are added some Indian place-, Woods and lakes of Maine; a trip from Moosehead lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe, to which are added some Indian place-names and their meanings, now first published.
Lucius Lee Hubbard, Books, Science and Nature, Woods and lakes of Maine; a trip from Moosehead lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe, to which are added some Indian place-, Woods and lakes of Maine; a trip from Moosehead lake to New Brunswick in a birch-bark canoe, to which are added some Indian place-names and their meanings, now first published.
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Woods and Lakes of Maine; A Trip from Moosehead Lake to New Brunswick in a Birch-Bark Canoe, to Which Are Added Some Indian Place-Names and Their Meanings, Now First Published (2012)
EN PB NWISBN: 9781236097637 bzw. 1236097637, in Englisch, Rarebooksclub.com, Miami FL, Taschenbuch, neu.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Through The Stacks LLC, NY, Brockport, [RE:3].
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Through The Stacks LLC, NY, Brockport, [RE:3].
Ships worldwide with delivery confirmation. Trade paperback.
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