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The author's remarkable biography in The Auk.
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The author's remarkable biography in The Auk.
Just finished Bush Runner - The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson by Mark Bourrie from 2019.
P-E was abducted and adopted by Mohawks. Later he teamed up with brother in-law des Groseilliers and founded the Hudson's Bay Company (at least in his own mind). The title Bush Runner is a bit unfortunate in my opinion. I did loose track how many times he crossed the ocean blue though. Interesting look into 17th century life. Main take-away for me, the good old days were just as bad as our time.
P-E was abducted and adopted by Mohawks. Later he teamed up with brother in-law des Groseilliers and founded the Hudson's Bay Company (at least in his own mind). The title Bush Runner is a bit unfortunate in my opinion. I did loose track how many times he crossed the ocean blue though. Interesting look into 17th century life. Main take-away for me, the good old days were just as bad as our time.
I’m reading that also. It’s amazing how he traveled around, like it was nothing.
Jim
Jim
J. Stannard Baker: "Paddling Through Depression-Era Europe - Eight Countries By Canoe & K***k". A young couple from Chicago spends the summer of 1931 on the rivers and canals of Europe including southern France, Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Germany. It looks like their kids published their journals in 2020. Very enjoyable read with good insights and many nice photos.
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This is a book I found in a Pa. Antique shop. It is an informational book and not the book you would take to kill time on a trip as according to the author, LL Bean, it should only take 85 minutes to read. The interesting thing is that there are five duplicate chapters in the back of the book that Bean suggests cutting out and keeping on your person when big game hunting.
"Tall Trees, Tough Men (A Vivid, Anectdotal History of Logging and Log-Driving in New England)" by Robert Pike. Very entertaining and informative.
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Just started In the Company of Bears, by our local black bear rescue guy. Pretty fascinating stuff.
www.chelseagreen.com
In the Company of Bears - Chelsea Green Publishing
What Black Bears Have Taught Me about Intelligence and Intuition
www.chelseagreen.com
Nice old guide of Maine Canoeing
That's the spirit!
After several calls to order, I had to clean up my language.
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