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Roughing it Elegantly
A Practical Guide to Canoe Camping
< by Patricia J. Bell.
Cat's-Paw Press, Minnesota
255 pp.
Review by MICHAEL PEAKE --
Che-Mun Editor
Canoelit Home Page
This is the second edition of a now not-so-small book. It is quite thorough and written in a very gentle, motherly style by Pat Bell.
It is also very basic and not too original. Ms. Bell along with her husband, whom she somewhat annoyingly always calls "Friend Spouse", covers the full spectrum of 'canoe-camping' - from strokes to menus to bears. This book is really meant for someone who is starting out or who will probably never go further than Quetico.
It has a very American flavour to it. She continually refers to particular food and camping products which I have never heard of. It is also probably quite telling of her range of canoeing when in her bibliography of canoe related sources -she never even mentions Bill Mason!
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