The survival of the bark canoe
John McPhee
- New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1975
- 114, [31] p. : ill. ; 22 cm
"Story of the building of birch-bark canoes and of a 150- mile trip through the Maine woods"--back cover (1990 paperback printing). "A portfolio of the sketches and models of Edwin Tappan Adney (1868-1950)": p. [115-145]
An account of a 150-mile canoe trip through Maine woods and over Maine waters, together with the evolution and history of the bark canoe that played a major role in opening up the wilderness.