Canoeing with the Cree
by Sevareid, Arnold E. [Eric]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Travel/adventure classic. In 1930, still in their teens, Sevareid and a friend paddled an eighteen-foot canoe over 2000 miles from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, an adventure "very young men can have once in their lives - but never again!" Still important for its intelligent descriptions of a northland but little changed since early fur trading days. Sevareid went on to become an important journalist. Hardcover, as pictured. First edition (first printing), dated 1935 on the title page, listing no later printings. General wear, some spotting to covers & page edges, corners bumped & frayed, minor crease & tiny tear to rear endsheet; no jacket. Text clean; xii, [2], 201 pages; map, b/w photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0652
- Title
- Canoeing with the Cree
- Author
- Sevareid, Arnold E. [Eric]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Travel, Great Lakes, Minnesota, North Dakota, Manitoba, Canada
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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