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Book Synopsis The Last Voyageurs by : Lorraine Boissoneault
Download or read book The Last Voyageurs written by Lorraine Boissoneault and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reid Lewis never wanted to be an ordinary French teacher. With the approach of the American Bicentennial, he decided to put his knowledge of French language and history to use in recreating the voyage of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, the first European to travel from Montreal to the end of the Mississippi River. Lewis’ crew of modern voyageurs was comprised of 16 high school students and 6 teachers who learned to sew their own 17th-century clothing, paddle handmade canoes, and construct black powder rifles.Together they set off on an eight-month, 3,300-mile expedition across the major waterways of North America. They fought strong currents on the St. Lawrence, paddled through storms on the Great Lakes, and walked over 500 miles across the frozen Midwest during one of the coldest winters of the 20th century, all while putting on performances about the history of French explorers for communities along their route. The crew had to overcome disagreements, a crisis of leadership, and near-death experiences before coming to the end of their journey. The Last Voyageurs tells the story of this American odyssey, where a group of young men discovered themselves by pretending to be French explorers.
Book Synopsis Voyageurs National Park by : Frederick Theodore Witzig
Download or read book Voyageurs National Park written by Frederick Theodore Witzig and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voyageurs National Park chronicles the complex legal and political campaign to found Minnesota's only national park. Witzig's thoroughly documented and referenced research allows him to offer a detailed view of the unanticipated disappointments and defining moments of achievement that accompanied this complicated legislative battle. Concentrating on the period from 1962 to 1975, Witzig identifies and explains the central issues surrounding the campaign including land acquisition policy, local concerns and opposition to the park, interagency conflict over inclusion of U.S. forest lands, antifederal attitudes in northeastern Minnesota, and the overstated case for the economic benefits a national park would bring. Witzig covers of the dispute over the inclusion of Crane Lake in the park and focuses on the many individuals and groups who were instrumental in the establishment of Voyageurs National Park, such as Governor Elmer L. Andersen, John A. Blatnik, Sigurd F. Olson, and Rita Shemesh.
Download or read book The Last Voyageur written by Vince Welch and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this definitive biography of Amos Burg, author and river guide Vince Welsh reveals a man of charming modesty whose sense of personal honor, humor, and determination made him one of the most accomplished--and celebrated--adventurers of his day"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Voyageurs written by Margaret Elphinstone and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Quaker’s faith is tested during the War of 1812 in this “stunning work of historical fiction” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Mark Greenhow, a naive and peaceful Quaker, lands on the shores of North America on the eve of the War of 1812, thinking only of finding the missing sister, a missionary whose adventurous spirit he has always admired. His pursuit begins by hitching a ride with the voyageurs who have canoed the rivers, transporting the tons of furs that feed the trade that has made the region a battleground of the French and British empires. Though Mark enters this brave new world with his conscience clean and his convictions sound, his encounters with a place and people he never could have imagined test his rigid upbringing. The backwoods of Canada have certainly led his sister astray; she has been excommunicated from the Society of Friends for running off with a non-Quaker. After her child is stillborn she runs again, deep into Indian country. On this increasingly desperate search, Mark finds himself among spies and domestic warriors, displaced natives, infidels, and the pious each engaged in their own battles to maintain their particular way of life. With Elphinstone’s crisp and effortless prose, coupled with her riveting, organic way with description, her fully drawn characters, and the history of the region, she “brings the landscapes and peoples of 1800s Canada back to thrilling life in her pacy, colorful and intelligent epic: the finest trip along these rivers since Brian Moore’s great Black Robe” (The Independent).
Book Synopsis Additional History of Les Voyageurs, the Last Ten Years, 1958-1967 by :
Download or read book Additional History of Les Voyageurs, the Last Ten Years, 1958-1967 written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Last Voyageur by : Dale E. Wilber
Download or read book The Last Voyageur written by Dale E. Wilber and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Robinson spent over a half century in the fur trade. It was an unforgiving business that literally killed many more than one participant who made a lone misstep. It was the kind of profession that you learned by doing. If you were fortunate, you had a mentor to teach you the business of staying alive and prospering on the far foreword edge of civilization. You learned how to handle a whole variety of diseases, gun shot wounds, knife wounds, plus the occasional attack by large animals. You also learned to deal with varying Indian Tribes by learning their customs and language. By the time you learned your craft the winds of history had pushed the business further west. Alexander Robinson chose to stay with his family and farm for a living. It would prove to be a wise choice.
Book Synopsis Hudson Bay Bound by : Natalie Warren
Download or read book Hudson Bay Bound written by Natalie Warren and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay Unrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic Canoeing with the Cree, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced unexpected trials, some harrowing, some simply odd. But for the two friends—the first women to make this expedition—there was one timeless challenge: the occasional pitfalls that test character and friendship. Warren’s spellbinding account retraces the women’s journey from inspiration to Arctic waters, giving readers an insider view from the practicalities of planning a three-month canoe expedition to the successful accomplishment of the adventure of a lifetime. Along the route we meet the people who live and work on the waterways, including denizens of a resort who supply much-needed sustenance; a solitary resident in the wilderness who helps plug a leak; and the people of the Cree First Nation at Norway House, where the canoeists acquire a furry companion. Describing the tensions that erupt between the women (who at one point communicate with each other only by note) and the natural and human-made phenomena they encounter—from islands of trash to waterfalls and a wolf pack—Warren brings us into her experience, and we join these modern women (and their dog) as they recreate this historic trip, including the pleasures and perils, the sexism, the social and environmental implications, and the enduring wonder of the wilderness.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :370 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Voyageurs National Park by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation
Download or read book Voyageurs National Park written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Voyageurs National Park (N.P.), General Management Plan and Visitor Use and Facilities Plan, Koochiching and St. Louis Counties by :
Download or read book Voyageurs National Park (N.P.), General Management Plan and Visitor Use and Facilities Plan, Koochiching and St. Louis Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Voyageur written by Grace Lee Nute and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nute's best-selling book portrays the indefatigable French-Canadian canoemen, whose labors were vital to the fur trade and whose influence reaches us through the colorful songs, place names, customs, and legends they left behind.
Book Synopsis Hush Hush, Forest by : Mary Casanova
Download or read book Hush Hush, Forest written by Mary Casanova and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyrical words and elegant woodcuts capture the quiet beauty of the forest as day fades to night and autumn gives way to the North Woods winter While we are tucked in, snug in warm blankets as we listen to bedtime stories, the woods around us whisper another tale. As the golden leaves waft through the lengthening shadows, the loon sings one last lullaby, the whirring hummingbird takes one last sip, the industrious beaver saws one last branch for her lodge. Here, in enchanting words and woodcuts, is the magic of night falling and winter approaching in the North Woods. Hush Hush, Forest peers through twilight’s window at the raccoon preening, the doe and fawn bedding down, the last bat of the season flitting away. The owl surveys, the rabbit scurries, the bear hunkers, readying her den. Marking the rhythm between the falling leaf and the falling snowflake, picturing the rituals of creatures big and small as they prepare for the long winter’s sleep, this charming book captures a time of surpassing wonder for readers of all ages—and bids everyone in the hushed forest a peaceful good night.
Book Synopsis The Young Voyageurs; Or, The Boy Hunters in the South ... by : Mayne Reid
Download or read book The Young Voyageurs; Or, The Boy Hunters in the South ... written by Mayne Reid and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Young Voyageurs,or The Boy Hunters in the North by : Mayne Reid
Download or read book The Young Voyageurs,or The Boy Hunters in the North written by Mayne Reid and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Radisson, the Voyageur by : Lily Augusta Long
Download or read book Radisson, the Voyageur written by Lily Augusta Long and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Mackenzie and His Voyageurs by : Arthur P. Woollacott
Download or read book Mackenzie and His Voyageurs written by Arthur P. Woollacott and published by London ; Toronto : J.M. Dent & sons, Limited. This book was released on 1927 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical background to Mackenzie's narrative and author's commentary.
Book Synopsis Canoe Country Camping by : Michael Furtman
Download or read book Canoe Country Camping written by Michael Furtman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Waters Like the Sky by : Nikki Rajala
Download or read book Waters Like the Sky written by Nikki Rajala and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Steeped in the history of the French-Canadian voyageur journeys in the early 1800s in North America, Waters Like the Sky is a story of a well-educated teen boy who despises his fancy schooling and longs for a more adventurous life. Andrae's fate changes when a letter with a royal seal arrives. He discovers he has French noble blood. He is part of a family in France, has a brother he's never met, and an enemy who wants him dead. Determined to locate his brother and set things right, Andrae sets out to search for Denis in the only way open to him--becoming a voyageur. Unaccustomed to the hard voyageur life, Andrae uses his only advantage--his education. He fights to earn the respect of his fellow voyageurs and gains many life lessons on his quest to track down his brother. Will he be able to reach Denis before the evil one the natives call the windigo finds him first?"--Page 4 of cover.
