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Canoeing With the Cree, too

by Max Ross
posted on Apr. 29, 2008 - 2:11pm

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A half-post:

In this morning's Star Tribune, Nick Coleman writes about two high school students from Chaska who just set off to reenact Eric Sevareid's epic canoe trip from the Minnesota River to Hudson Bay, recounted in Sevareid's book Canoeing With the Cree.

As much as we might learn about chasing dreams and fulfilling goals and living vicariously from a couple eighteen-year-olds, I thought it apt to mention Jon Lurie's heartfelt account of the same trip, which he undertook with a nineteen-year-old delinquent who'd been mixed up with a sawed-off shotgun and had to lay low for the summer. It appeared in the July 2007 issue of The Rake.

2 Reader Comments

Anonymous (not verified)02:23pm
Apr 29
And it's a much better story, too.
Cristina Cordova02:51pm
Apr 29
Great call, Max. I saw the article and made the connection, but didn't think to post. Thanks.

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