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Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure
Jamie Benedickson
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| #4917212 in Books | University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division | 1997-05-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.88 x6.03l,1.03 | File type: PDF | 300 pages | ||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Enjoying canoeing in your arm chair|By Michael Brown|I enjoyed this book with a wide ranging and detailed account of recreational canoeing mainly in Canada. With over thirty years canoeing experience in various disciplines mainly in the United Kingdom (latterly open canoeing in wilderness areas including a week near Temagami) I appreciated in particular the attempts to describe|||'Read this erudite book and you will never again be bested in of those endless canoe-trip conversations about canoes ... In the final analysis, canoeing is a very personal, emotive matter. Most of the current crop of trippers are harried, urbanized survivors.
In the spring of 1940, subscribers to Queen's Quarterly read that the 'ingredients of a holiday in Canada are idleness, water, and a canoe.' This statement bears witness to the enduring importance of the canoe generations after the decline of the North American fur trade. Jamie Benidickson explains that the canoe's merit lies not strictly in its function as a transportation vehicle, but in its promise of unrestricted mobility, leisure, and independence. Idleness, W...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Idleness, Water, and a Canoe: Reflections on Paddling for Pleasure | Jamie Benedickson. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
