By Mark Neuzil & Norman Sims
University of Minnesota Press, $39.95
Ancient records of canoes are found in the Pacific Northwest to the coast of Maine, in Minnesota and Mexico, in the Southeast and across the Caribbean. Weather it’s made of birch bark, carbon fiber or dugout, its silhouette is instantly recognizable. Filled with historical photographs and artwork, Canoes is the story of that singular American artifact—of canoes old and new, the people who made them, and the labors and adventures they shared.—Breana Roy