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Title: Baidarka: The Kayak by George B. Dyson ISBN: 0-88240-315-X Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books Pub. Date: June, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Paddling through time ...
Comment: George Dyson has written such diverse books as Baidarka, Darwin among the Machines and Project Orion. "Baidarka" with its wonderful photographs lets us look over George Dyson's shoulder.
Into history: Old sketches and lithographs show the "white man's" perception of the aleut kayak and kayaking life. Well chosen excerpts take you back in time.
At the "Dyson Baidarka": Information on materials and tantalizing scattered bits on how to build an ancient style kayak with space age materials. The Aleuts used the best possible materials, didn't they? A "how to" manual it is not, but it is essential if you want to build one. And if you build one you are rewarded with a sturdy, elegant boat.
At his own life: The he spent living in a tree house high up in a douglas fir :-) And of course ... he was building baidarkas. I love the images of the aluminum skin on frame boat in the tree house. By the way, many believe that George Dyson single-handedly revived the home-built kayak. "He who has a baidarka is rich" (Gavriil Davydov, 1804) - Thank you George, for making our lives so much richer.
Rating: 5
Summary: A beautiful, interesting book
Comment: This book looks like a coffee table book, but it is a lot more. It covers history of the Aleut kayak builders, documents the experiences of a free spirit, and demonstrates an innovative method for building a beautiful kayak. The pictures are interesting, beautiful and inspiring. I don't know how this book got published, it does not fit well into any one catagory.
Rating: 5
Summary: Recommended. If you like time travel. I do.
Comment: Well, this book is the one I set aside when my brother gave me a pack of books to read. I didn't get the idea of aluminum baidarkas; so I read all that other stuff until there was nothing left but this book. Until then, Sea Kayaking still was no option for me. George Dyson got it started, as for so many others. I'm glad I got across his book, for all the good time I spent with his ideas. If you like living your dream, this book is for You.
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Title: Building Skin-on-Frame Boats by Robert Morris, Edward R. Turner ISBN: 0881791911 Publisher: Hartley & Marks Publishers Pub. Date: 27 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Building the Greenland Kayak : A Manual for Its Contruction and Use by Chris Cunningham, Christopher Cunningham ISBN: 0071392378 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Wood and Canvas Kayak Building by George Putz ISBN: 0071559396 Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Qayaq : Kayaks of Alaska and Siberia by David W. Zimmerly, Paul Gardinier ISBN: 1889963100 Publisher: Univ of Alaska Pr Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Hooper Bay Kayak Construction (Mercury Series) by David W. Zimmerly ISBN: 0660175118 Publisher: University of Washington Press Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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