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Northland : a 4,000-mile journey along America's forgotten border / Porter Fox

By:

Fox, Porter

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company , 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 247 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780393248852

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

974 FOX

LOC classification:

F551 .F75 2018

Contents:

The dawnland -- The sweet-water seas -- Boundary waters -- Fires -- The medicine line.

Summary: America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries - much of the early history of the United States took place there - and to the tens of millions who live and work near the line, the region even has its own name: the northland. Travel writer Porter Fox spent three years exploring 4,000 miles of the border between Maine and Washington, traveling by canoe, freighter, car, and foot. Setting out from the easternmost point in the mainland United States, Fox follows explorer Samuel de Champlain's adventures across the Northeast; recounts the rise and fall of the timber, iron, and rail industries; crosses the Great Lakes on a freighter; tracks America's fur traders through the Boundary Waters; and traces the forty-ninth parallel from Minnesota to the Pacific Ocean.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	974 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		036962

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The dawnland -- The sweet-water seas -- Boundary waters -- Fires -- The medicine line.

America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries - much of the early history of the United States took place there - and to the tens of millions who live and work near the line, the region even has its own name: the northland. Travel writer Porter Fox spent three years exploring 4,000 miles of the border between Maine and Washington, traveling by canoe, freighter, car, and foot. Setting out from the easternmost point in the mainland United States, Fox follows explorer Samuel de Champlain's adventures across the Northeast; recounts the rise and fall of the timber, iron, and rail industries; crosses the Great Lakes on a freighter; tracks America's fur traders through the Boundary Waters; and traces the forty-ninth parallel from Minnesota to the Pacific Ocean.

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