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Canoeing with the Cree
Canoeing with the Cree | Eric Severeid
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"Canoeing with the Cree is an all-time favorite of mine."--Ann Bancroft, Arctic explorer "Imagination and determination are the stuff of this book." --The Beaver In 1930 two novice paddlers--Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port--launched a secondhand 18-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio, motor, or good maps, the teenagers made their way over 2,250 miles of rivers, lakes, and difficult portages. Nearly four months later, after shooting hundreds of sets of rapids and surviving exceedingly bad conditions and even worse advice, the ragged, hungry adventurers arrived in York Factory on Hudson Bay--with winter freeze-up on their heels. First published in 1935, Canoeing with the Cree is Sevareid's classic account of this youthful odyssey. The newspaper stories that 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.
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Blueberry
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Mitch
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1 - Yeah .. Litsy meetup in York. Looking forward to meeting some wonderful Littens for the first time.

2- Took a few days off with my husband and went canoeing and wild camping. We‘ve been decorating our home for what feels like every weekend for the past 100 years ! So we needed a nature break.

3- I ❤️ my city, London. But also ❤️NYC.

4- Sloth! I think she‘d be an adorable snoozy reading buddy!

5- 20 degrees

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TrishB Enjoy the meet 👍🏻 sorry I can‘t be there! 7y
Mitch Hopefully we‘ll cross paths on another date @TrishB 🙏 7y
TrishB Hope so 😁 7y
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Blueberry
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Two teens just graduated from high school get the idea to make a 2250 mi trip from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, never made before by canoe. Hardships such as getting lost, freezing temperatures, treacherous rapids and portages follow. I didn't realize this 1935 memoir was written by the famous newscaster/journalist Eric Sevareid about his trip with his best friend.

JanuarieTimewalker13 Wow! This sounds really good! Yes, I recognized the name! Can't put a face to it, however. 8y
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