CANOECRAFT: A HARROWSMITH ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FINE WOOD-STRIP CONSTRUCTION Merilyn Mohr and Ted Moores. Camden East (ON), Camden House Publishing, c1983. Distributed by Firefly. 145pp, paper, $14.95. ISBN 0-920656-24-2. Grades 9 and up. Reviewed by Peter Chernoff . Volume 12 Number 3 1984 May Canoecraft is a book every hobbyist will want. As the world gets filled with more and more mass produced, plastic everything, there is a growing interest in and demand for beautiful, handcrafted, wooden articles. Ted Moores, owner of the Bear Mountain Boatshop in Bancroft, Ontario, is a craftsman who builds canoes and restores boats and cars. His canoes sell for up to $3,000 each. In Canoecraft he shows how anyone can build a cedar strip canoe using a minimum number of carpentry tools and woodworking skills. He starts the book with a history of canoes, considers shape and function, and provides the plans for seven designs. The construction portion of the book covers producing the strips, setting up the mould frames, building the hull, and adding the trim. The final chapter covers finishing the canoe and maintenance and repair. Canoecraft is well illustrated and clearly written. The directions instill confidence in the reader and would-be builder. The author feels that with this book a fourteen-year-old could produce a beautiful canoe. It is a step-by-step guide to building an uncomplicated classic canoe and should be in the collection of every woodworker and in every high school and public library. Peter Chernoff, Thorn C. I., Regina, SK.