Portage : a family, a canoe, and the search for the good life /

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Part travelogue, part natural and cultural history, Portage is the memoir of one family's 35-year venture into the watery expanse of the world. Exploring the river means encountering the inevitable changes that occur as a family canoes through time and learns what it means to be human in this n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leaf, Sue, 1953- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Temas:
Leaf, Sue, > 1953- > Travel.
Leaf, Sue, > 1953-
Canoes and canoeing > North America.
Family recreation.
Women biologists > United States.
Familles > Loisirs.
Femmes biologistes > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Water Sports.
NATURE > Essays.
Canoes and canoeing
Family recreation
Travel
Women biologists
North America
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Prologue: In the Beginning, a Silver Streak
  • The Pictographs on Lac La Croix: Into the Boundary Waters, 1979
  • Locked In: The Mississippi at Minneapolis, 1981
  • Canoeing the Spirit River: The Rum, 1986
  • Missouri Breaks: The Upper Missouri River, 1993
  • Breaking in the New Canoe: The Kettle River, 1994
  • Canoe Swarms: Back to the Boundary Waters, 1993-94
  • Kids Canoeing: The Crow Wing, 1995
  • Self-Reliance: The Upper Mississippi River, 1997
  • Canoeing the Sandhills: The Niobrara River, 1998
  • Loving It to Death: The Boundary Waters, 1998
  • Burnt Woods River: The Bois Brule of Northern Wisconsin, 1999
  • Paddling with the Alligators: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 2001
  • Mother's Day: The Cannon River, 2002
  • The Eye of the Wolf: Isle Royale National Park, 2003
  • The Clarity of Nellie Lake: Killarney Provincial Park, Ontario, 2004
  • Looking for Snakes: The Marias River, Havre, Montana, 2005
  • Abundance: The Upper Iowa River, 2006
  • Sea Caves: Lake Superior, 2007
  • Transition: Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, 2008
  • Nerve-Wracked: The White River of Wisconsin, 2010
  • Wild and Scenic: The Upper St. Croix River, 2011
  • Pursuing the Group of Seven: Algonquin Provincial Park, 2012
  • Chronos and Kairos: The Little Missouri River, 2013
  • Ancient Valley: The Kickapoo River, 2013
  • Urban Adventure: Minnehaha Creek, 2014
  • Father's Day: The Fox River, 2014
  • Draining the Ancient Lake: The Red Lake River of Northwestern Minnesota, 2014
  • What Is the Good Life?: The Au Sable River of Lower Michigan, 2014
  • Acknowledgments.

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