HISTORIC WATERWAYS, Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers

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BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 298 pgs. (6 pgs advertising) Index. 2 Maps. Green printed, decorative covers. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Some rubbing to edges, minor spots on front fore-edge of front cover. Interior has old tape stains on endpaper (where previous owner has folded on an old protective cover), else very clean and free of marks. Overall, VG-VG+. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Thwaites, as Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, brings his scholarship, knowledge, and understanding of the early fur trade into this book. SECOND PRINTING of a canoeing classic. Only difference I can discern between this and the first printing is the weight of paper and color of cover cloth. This copy is noticeably thinner than the first printing and this second printing is a darker green; otherwise they are seem to be the same. Preface: "This volume is the record of six hundred miles of canoeing and experiences on historic waterways in Wisconsin and Illinois during the summer of 1887. There has been no attempt at exaggeration, to color its homely incidents, or to picture charms where none exist. Is it intended to be a simple, truthful narrative of what was seen and done upon a series of novel outing through the heart of the Northwest." A canoeing classic; one of my favorites. N° de ref. del artículo 580125

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