James Raffan

Echo Maker (eBook, ePUB)

Craig Macdonald and the Lives that Produced One of Canada's Most Significant Historical Maps

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

• A remarkable life of a settler who preserved traditional Anishinaabe technologies, techniques, and routes through extensive interviews with Elders and Knowledge Keepers
• Just as Edwin Tappan Adney's lifetime of research into traditional bark canoes produced The Bark and Skin Boats of North America, the "bible" of bark canoes, this book documents how Craig Macdonald produced the "bible" of traditional winter travel technologies and techniques, Traditional Sledding in North America, and an extensive map of Temagami
• A model for true reconciliation: Craig Macdonald's approach to listening, understanding, and documenting Indigenous knowledge and history is an inspiring example of reconciliation done right
• Author has written this book with the full support and input from People of Bear Island First Nation and the Temagami Community Foundation
• Author James Raffan was named by Canadian Geographic as one of Canada's most influential explorers of all time, "harness(ing) the power of storytelling to inspire others to discover and care for our world," and he regularly speaks to conferences, business groups, and adventure groups
• Author residence: Rideau Lakes, north of Kingston, Ontario

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459755789
• Artikelnr.: 73574940

Autorenporträt

James Raffan, a friend and travelling companion of Craig Macdonald for more than forty years, is a bestselling author and one of Canada's most authoritative voices on canoes, wilderness travel, and the North. He lives in Eastern Ontario.