Canoeing with the Cree - a 2,250-mile voyage from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay
by Sevareid, Eric
pub. by Penguin (Random House), NY - 1968 - - (orig. pub Macmillan, NY 1935)     isbn 0-87352-152-2 - - LCCN 68-63520 - - - Map p.i -- Forward to Reprint Edition p.ix-xiv -- Forward to original edition p.xv-xvi -- Contents p.xvii -- Illustrations list p xix-xx -- smaller map p. xxi -- list of equipment and food at start p.8-9 -- index p.202-206 -- 206 pages.
XVI chapters
Arnold Eric Sevareid and Walter C. Port graduated high school in 1930 and decided to have an adventure before they went on with their lives, going to college and/or getting jobs.
They named their 18 foot long canoe Sans Souci in French - Without a Care. and painted on her side - Minneapolis to Hudson Bay -
This book was based on a diary kept by Sevareid during the trip and articles they sent back to the newspaper.
Minneapolis Star printed their stories by-line with both of their names
      June 25, 1930 5 on p. 11
      July 5, 1930 on p. 2
      Jul 10, 1930 on p. 4
      July 21, 1930 on p. 7
      July 20, 1930 on p. 6
      August 4, 1930 on p. 5
      August 11, 1930 on p. 11
      August 18, 1930 on p. 5
      September 6, 1930 on p. 5
      October 13, 1930 on p. 4
      with a follow-up story on October 13, 1930

This was an excellent read which reads with the imediancy of writing by participants while they are on their way.

~2021-07-30~

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