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Birchbark Canoe : Living among the Algonquins by David Gidmark SC
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- ISBN
- 9781552091500
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Firefly Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
1552091503
ISBN-13
9781552091500
eBay Product ID (ePID)
833191
Product Key Features
Book Title
Birchbark Canoe : Living Among the Algonquins
Number of Pages
202 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Topic
Boating, Canoeing, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Sports & Recreation, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
In BIRCHBARK CANOE, you will discover the dying art of birchbark canoe building as seen through the eyes of someone who is passionate about it., Discover the dying art of birchbark canoe building as seen through the eyes of someone who is passionate about it. In this book David Gidmark tells the story of the building of a traditional birchbark canoe and his apprenticeship learning the skills and the language of the Algonquin of western Quebec. Through learning how to do (how to strip the bark from the tree, fashion gunwales from the cedar logs, carve the ribs with a crooked knife and sew the huge sheets of bark onto the frame with spruce root) David Gidmark learns how to see the wilderness and relate to it in Algonquin ways that are very different from ours. As his knowledge increases, so does his respect for the culture and wisdom of native peoples. Part way through this odyssey, he meets his future wife, Ernestine, a young Ojibway woman who was taken at the age of five from her family and placed in a residential school. As she and David made a life together in the woods, she was able to begin relearning her language and culture.
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