Canoeing with the cree by eric sevareid, song of the paddle by bill mason, the river by peter heller, path of paddle by bill m. Rushton and his times in american canoeing adirondack museum. Rushtons portable sporting boats sailing canoes, single handed. Henry rushton built canoes and other small pleasure boats in canton, st. The books of knowledge are entirely devoted to boatbuilding, no personal information about john h. Here, gerster portages a rushton pack canoe at camp oteetiwi, big island. This turn of the last century design lives up to its name and the nwcc is proud to add it to our inventory. Popular canoeing books meet your next favorite book. Rushtons books of knowledge volumes 1 and 2 are an account of inventories. In a 1968 watertown daily times article about the book rushton and his times in american canoeing by atwood manley, published by the. Indian girl model woodcanvas open paddling canoe built by j. Rushton and his times in american canoeing adirondack museum books paperback august 1, 1977 by atwood manley author 4. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1.
The 1903 catalog in perspective crowley, william on. Rushton s canadian canoes came in a variety of lengths, but they were consistently only 30 inches wide at 1416 feet long. This is much narrower than the average canoe being manufactured today, so there was some concern on my part about how stable this boat would be. He quickly became well known for his rob roystyle decked canoes and pulling boats. Rushtons portable sporting boats sailing canoes, single handed cruisers, barnegat sneak boats and steam launches for hunting, fishing, trapping, pleasure rowing and sailing by rushton, j.
Rushton, the indian girl is strong, light, safe though speedy, graceful yet seaworthy. Henry rushton was a new york boat builder during the last part of the 1800s. John henry rushton began building boats in 1875 in canton, new york. Rushton and his times in american canoeing canoe builder nessmuk adirondack pb see more like this rushton and his times in american canoeing adirondack museum books by manley, preowned. Sears 1888 book woodcraft extolled the solo camping trip, and his articles for forest and stream magazine often mentioned rushton and his canoes.
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