Canoeing with the Cree, reprint ed.

Originally published in 1935, this book documents a canoe trip up the Minnesota and Red rivers to Hudson Bay taken by journalist Eric Sevareid, with a companion, at age seventeen. Less than a quarter of the book relates to the Minnesota River segment of the trip, but this section does include observations on river conditions (e.g., width, rapids, and sandbars) and wildlife (e.g., carp, sturgeon, and herons).