Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol - Softcover

Herreshoff, L. Francis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574092871 ISBN 13: 9781574092875

Publisher: Sheridan House, 2009

Synopsis

Nathaniel G. Herreshoff was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. Captain Nat Herreshoff is credited with the introduction of more new devices in the design of boats than any other ma, and the great yachts that he designed for the successful defense of the America's Cup caught the imagination of the world. The period of his greatest activity from 1890 to 1920 was known as "the Herreshoff Era," so greatly did his personality and the yachts he designed dominate the sport. He was a man of manifold talents and unusual genius and his career makes one of the most fascinating biographies. Many of closely guarded secrets of Captain Nat, the great master, are reveled in these pages which teem with human interest, philosophy and the accumulated wisdom of a long lived genius.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"A chatty, homey, well-illustrated biography, making pleasant and informative reading from cover to cover." —The Boston Globe "This is a book that every yachstman with a real interest in his sport will enjoy tremendously." —Yachting Magazine

From the Back Cover:

a much anticipated reissue,in larger format, of the biography of Nathanael G. Herreshoff, who was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheridan House
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1574092871
• ISBN 13: 9781574092875
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398