In 1930 two novice paddlersEric Sevareid and Walter C. Portlaunched a secondhand 18foot canvas canoe into the Minnesota River at Fort Snelling for an ambitious summerlong journey from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay. Without benefit of radio motor or good maps the teenagers made their way over 2250 miles of rivers lakes and difficult portages. Nearly four months later after shooting hundreds of sets of rapids and surviving exceedingly bad conditions and even worse advice the ragged hungry adventurers arrived in York Factory on Hudson Baywith winter freezeup on their heels. First published in 1935 Canoeing with the Cree is Sevareids classic account of this youthful odyssey. Praise for Canoeing with the Cree Canoeing with the Cree is an alltime favorite of mine. Ann Bancroft Arctic explorer and coauthor of No Horizon Is So Far Two high school graduates make an amazing journey . . . showing indomitable courage that carried them through to their destination. Humor and a spirit of adventure made a grand good time of it in spite of storms rapids long portages and silent wildernesses. Library Journal show more