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A personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some 200 years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North America.
List of contents
Introduction Part I. A Foundation for Understanding Chapter 1: Why Coaching for Adolescents and Young Adults?Chapter 2: What Is Your Role? Chapter 3: Fundamentals of AD/HD Dispelling the Myth of the Broken Child Chapter 4: Motivating Adolescents and Young Adults Part II. Practical Guidance: Working With Youth, Working With Coaches Chapter 5: Getting Ready to Coach: Prescreening the Parent & Young Person Chapter 6: Building a Foundation: Chapter 7: Designing the Personal Coaching Agreement Chapter 8: Empowering the Client: Skill Building and Strategies for Success Chapter 9: Obstacles and Challenges to Coaching Personality Differences Chapter 10: Wrapping Up the Coaching Process Chapter 11: Finding Success: Building the Business Side of Youth Chapter 12: Conclusion: A Vision for the Future
About the author
Paddler, author, environmentalist and raconteur, Max Finkelstein works as the Communications Officer for the Canadian Heritage Rivers System, Canada’s national program for river conservation. When he is not speaking about, writing about, or otherwise promoting Canada’s river heritage, Max can usually be found paddling on a river. He has paddled over 22,000 kilometres in North America, Europe, Africa and Australia. His first book, Canoeing a Continent: On the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie, which described his experiences retracing the historic first crossing of North America by a European, was released by Natural Heritage in 2002. Paddling the Boreal Forest: Rediscovering A.P. Low, an extraordinary project undertaken with his friend and paddling partner James Stone, sent the two of them to northern Quebec to retrace and experience first-hand the routes of geologist, map-maker and explorer A.P. Low.
Max and his wife, Connie Downes, live in Ottawa, where they are introducing their son, Isaac Thelon, to a life of travelling on and learning about rivers.
Summary
A highly personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some two hundred years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North America (1793). Mackenzie's water trail is now commemorated as the Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route.
More than just a travelogue of a canoe trip across Canada, this is an account that crosses more than two centuries. It is an exploration into the heart and mind of Alexander Mackenzie, the explorer, and Max Finkelstein, the "Voyageur-in-Training." Using Mackenzie's journals and his own journal writings, the author creates a view of the land from two vantage points. The author retraced the route of Alexander Mackenzie across North America from Ottawa through to Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, and paddled the Blackwater, Fraser and Peace Rivers, completing the trip in 1999. This route is the most significant water trail in North America, and perhaps the world.
"A 'must-read' for everyone who loves wild places and the magic of canoes."
- Cliff Jacobson, Outdoor Writer & Consultant
"Past and present collide in this journey of discovery across the map of Canada. Max craves the extremes. He relishes in coping with what nature throws at him, punishing himself to find his physical limits and experiencing firsthand the inherent dangers in such a voyage. With Alexander Mackenzie as his guide and inspiration, Max finds the strength to carry on against all odds to forge poignant historical and personal links in this incredible cross-Canada paddling odyssey."
- Becky Mason, Artist and Paddler, Chelsea, Quebec
