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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Fox, Porter.     Subjects     Fox, Porter -- Travel -- Northern boundary of the United States.     Northern boundary of the United States -- Description and travel.     Northern boundary of the United States -- History.     Northeast boundary of the United States -- History.     Northeast boundary of the United States -- Description and travel.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fox, Porter.       by title:      Northland : a 4,000-...       by call number:      917.3 F793n     Search the Web     Fox, Porter.     Fox, Porter -- Travel -- Northern boundary of the United States.     Northern boundary of the United States -- Description and travel.     Northern boundary of the United States -- History.     Northeast boundary of the United States -- History.     Northeast boundary of the United States -- Description and travel.       MARC Display

Northland : a 4,000-mile journey along America's forgotten border / Porter Fox. by Fox, Porter. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2018. Call #: 917.3 F793n Subjects Fox, Porter -- Travel -- Northern boundary of the United States.   Northern boundary of the United States -- Description and travel.   Northern boundary of the United States -- History.   Northeast boundary of the United States -- History.   Northeast boundary of the United States -- Description and travel. ISBN:  9780393248852 (hc.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xviii, 247 p. : maps ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-232) and index. Contents:  The dawnland -- The sweet-water seas -- Boundary waters -- Seven 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. In Northland, he blends a deeply reported and beautifully written story of the region's history with a riveting account of his travels. 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. Fox, who grew up the son of a boat-builder in Maine's northland, packs his narrative with colorful characters (Captain Meriwether Lewis, railroad tycoon James J. Hill, Chief Red Cloud of the Lakota Sioux) and extraordinary landscapes (Glacier National Park, the Northwest Angle, Washington's North Cascades). He weaves in his encounters with residents, border guards, Indian activists, and militia leaders to give a dynamic portrait of the northland today, wracked by climate change, water wars, oil booms, and concerns over border security. Genre:  Travel writing. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 917.3 F793n Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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