The Survival of the Bark Canoe

I wish that I could say that I really enjoyed reading The Survival of the Bark Canoe by John McPhee. The book was well written and interesting, but I felt that I was taking up time that needed to be spent elsewhere. The Survival of the Bark Canoe was able to cover the four core area's, and I guess that is the important aspect of the book.
Core A, the first of the four core area's, is about society and self. I found myself thinking about this core when reading about the tensions building up between the members of the group taking the canoe trip. …