Birchbark Canoes of the Fur Trade: Volumes I and II - Softcover

Kent, Timothy J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965723003 ISBN 13: 9780965723008

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, 2002

Synopsis

A detailed history of the early Native American travelling craft and the traditional lifestyles of Native peoples and early traders and settlers. The book contains extensive chapters on the origins, manufacture, decoration, usage, sailing, portaging, repair, storage and cargoes of voyaging canoes.

About this title

About the Author:

Timothy J. Kent is an independent scholar and lecturer living in Ossineke, Michigan. He is author of several books, including Tahquamenon Tales: Experiences of an Early French Trader and his Native Family and Fort Pontchartrain at Detroit, Volumes I and II: A Guide to the Daily Lives of Fur Trade and Military Personnel, Settlers, and Missionaries at French Posts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0965723003
• ISBN 13: 9780965723008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 670