Canoeing with the Cree by Eric Sevareid
In 1930 two novice paddlers--Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port--launched a secondhand eighteen-foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summer-long journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. First published in 1935, Canoeing with the Cree is Sevareid's classic account of this youthful odyssey to a vast and remote land, that has inspired generations of canoeists, wilderness enthusiasts and armchair adventurers. In our era of GPS, cell phones, power bars, and bug spray, the young men's account is all the more remarkable and nostalgic. Relive their quintessential adventure with this limited-edition book and map set. It includes a newly designed book, a handsome multipurpose collector's tin, and a colorful art quality map annotated by Ann Raiho, who with Natalie Warren were the first women to replicate Sevareid and Port's route. Just in time for the holidays, this limited-edition classic is the perfect gift for nature lovers and outdoor adventurers. The newspaper stories that Eric Sevareid wrote on this trip launched his distinguished journalism career, which included more than a decade as a television correspondent and commentator on the CBS Evening News.
Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) began his illustrious journalistic career at the age of nineteen as a copyboy. He moved steadily up the career ladder, becoming first a reporter for the Minneapolis Star, then city editor for the Paris edition of the New York Herald Tribune, before serving as the night editor for UPI in Paris. In 1939, he began his career with Columbia Broadcasting System as a European war correspondent. After the war, he continued working for CBS as a national correspondent and visited the homes of millions of Americans nightly until his retirement in 1977.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780873511520 |
| ISBN 10 | 0873511522 |
| Title | Canoeing with the Cree |
| Author | Eric Sevareid |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 1968-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 226 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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