Path of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Canoeing

Bill Mason

ISBN 10: 0442296304 / ISBN 13: 9780442296308

Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Toronto, Ont, 1980

About this Item

brown cloth, gilt spine ,viii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 27 cm., (1 st et edition with number line beginning with 1), CONTENTS; Introduction, Basics, Paddling solo, solo paddling strokes, Paddling double, Rapids, Whitewater maneuvers, Wipeouts, or when things go wrong, The alternatives to running rapids, Whitewater and wilderness safety, Types of canoes Wilderness.

Seller Inventory # 1125560033

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Path of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Canoeing
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Toronto, Ont
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442296304
• ISBN 13: 9780442296308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Hobbies

About this title

Synopsis

Over 40,000 copies sold! An acknowledged classic. Foreword by Pierre Elliot Trudeau. (1995)

About the Author

Bill Mason was one of Canada's leading canoeists and conservationists, an artist, and an award-winning film-maker. He is author of the classic canoeing book Path of the Paddle.