Emperor of the North

Zusatztext . . . A wonderful read to be treasured . . . one of those rare books you don't want to finish. Informationen zum Autor James Raffan is one of our foremost authorities on the North! the wilderness and the canoeing tradition. He is the author of Fire in the Bones ! the acclaimed bestselling biography of Bill Mason; Bark! Skin and Cedar: Exploring the Canoe in Canadian Experience ; and Deep Waters . He is also the editor of Rendezvous with the Wild: The Boreal Forest and The Lure of Faraway Places . Raffan is a fellow and former governor of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society! and has served as chair of the Arctic Institute of North America. A recipient of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal! he is the curator of the Canadian Canoe Museum in Peterborough. He lives in Seeley's Bay! Ontario.

Product details

• Authors: James Raffan
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2008
• EAN: 9780006394877
• ISBN: 978-0-00-639487-7
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 31 mm
• Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Adventurers & Explorers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Medical (incl. Patients), TRAVEL: Canada / General, HISTORY: Military / Canada, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Survival, HISTORY: Canada / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Educators, canada;fur trade;history;non-fiction;2007;2008;2009, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Memoirs