Author(s): Sara Green

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The earliest canoes were merely hollowed-out tree trunks. These gave way to birch bark canoes and, later on, wood-and-canvas canoes. Today there are racing canoes, inflatable canoes, and even whitewater canoes. Readers will delight as their tranquil conceptions of canoeing are shaken and capsized.