The Old Town Canoe Company : Our First Hundred Years

The Old Town Canoe Company : Our First Hundred Years

A history of Old Town Canoe Company contextualized. From the place of Old Town at the time of European explorations on the North American continent, to the logging booms of the early nineteenth century, to the prevalence of the bateau, the mass production of canoes, and the growth of the company through the twentieth century. Old Town Canoe situated in a twentieth-century boating industry, and in a certain realm of American sport, as evidenced by a chronicling of the company's local developments in marketing and design over a century's time. An emphasis on the company's Penobscot influence and local prominence. Illustrated with photos and advertisements. Intermittently narrated with lengthy quotes from Old Town Canoe enthusiasts from across the United States.

Audette, Susan T.

Tilbury House Publishers

1998

Baker, David E.

en

Book

1600-1998; Old Town, Maine

9780884482024

162

Gardiner, Maine

Tilbury House Publishers

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