Birchbark Canoe: Living Among the Algonquins by David Gidmark SIGNED
8vo. pp. 202. b/w illustrations & 16 pages of colour illustrations. index. paperback (near fine - light wear to corners). [Willowdale, ON]: Firefly Books, [1997].
Signed Presentation copy to Avrom Isaacs. Signed in pen & dated Quebec 1999.
ISBN-10: 1552091503 / ISBN 13: 9781552091500
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Discover the dying art of birchbark canoe building as seen through the eyes of someone who is passionate about it. In this book David Gidmark tells the story of the building of a traditional birchbark canoe and his apprenticeship learning the skills and the language of the Algonquin of western Quebec.