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The Canoe and the Saddle - by Theodore Winthrop (Paperback)

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  • In 1853, with money in his pocket and elegant clothes in his saddlebags, a twenty-four-year-old New Englander of aristocratic Yankee stock toured the territories of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.
  • About the Author: Paul J. Lindholdt is an associate professor of English at Eastern Washington University.
  • 240 Pages
  • Travel, United States

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About the Book



Theodore Winthrop visited the Oregon and Washington territories in 1853 and wrote up eleven days of his visit in a book that has had sixteen printings and three editions.



Book Synopsis



In 1853, with money in his pocket and elegant clothes in his saddlebags, a twenty-four-year-old New Englander of aristocratic Yankee stock toured the territories of California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The Canoe and the Saddle recounts Theodore Winthrop's Northwest tour. A novelized memoir of his travels, it became a bestseller when it was published shortly after the author's untimely death in the Civil War.

This critical edition of Winthrop's work, the first in over half a century, offers readers the original text with a narrative overview of the nature and culture of the Pacific Northwest and reflections on the ecological and racial turmoil that gripped the region at the time. It also provides a fresh perspective on the aesthetic, historical, cultural, anthropological, social, and environmental contexts in which Winthrop wrote his sometimes disturbing, sometimes enlightening, and always riveting account. Whether offering portraits of Native American culture--in particular, commenting on the Chinook Jargon--making keen and often prescient observations on nature, or deploying transcendental, animist, or Hudson River School aesthetics (likely learned from his friend Frederick Church), Winthrop develops a clear and compelling picture of a time and place still resonant and relevant today.



About the Author



Paul J. Lindholdt is an associate professor of English at Eastern Washington University. He is the coeditor of Holding Common Ground: The Individual and Public Lands in the American West and Cascadia Wild: Protecting an International Ecosystem.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.58 Inches (H) x 5.58 Inches (W) x .58 Inches (D)
Weight: .74 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 240
Genre: Travel
Sub-Genre: United States
Publisher: Bison Books
Theme: West, Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
Format: Paperback
Author: Theodore Winthrop
Language: English
Street Date: November 1, 2006
TCIN: 88977903
UPC: 9780803298637
Item Number (DPCI): 247-57-0703
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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