Re: [Paddlewise] Stephens's "Canoe and Boat Building"

From: James Holman

>While doing some research on the internet prior to purchasing a canoe, I
kept coming across references to a book by W. P. Stephens called Canoe and
Boat Building for Amateurs, which was published before the turn of the
century.
..................
>  It seems a shame  to have a book like this imprisoned on the bookshelf on
one so inept, and so I would be interested in finding an organization or
club that might actually use the book.  I'm not really interested in giving
it to some library that already has 50 copies of the book, but rather, maybe
some place that doesn't have a copy of this book, or some organization that
would actually use it in building a canoe.
>I'm not at all in touch with the boat-building community, and so I would
appreciate any leads you could give me.  Please help me find this book a
good home.  I'm not much interested in selling it for money, and don't even
know what it might be worth.  I paid ten cents for it.
>
        The best place I can think of is the new Canadian Canoe Museum, up
near Peterborough, Ontario.  They already have a solid collection of canoes
and materials related to their use and construction.  I have a URL for them
somewhere... I'll have to find it and pass it on.










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