The Adirondack Guide Boat (Adirondack Museum)

Durant, Kenneth; Durant, Helen

ISBN 10: 0877421250 / ISBN 13: 9780877421252

Published by International Marine Publishing Company, Camden, Maine, 1980

About this Item

"The Adirondack Guide Boat" is a book that every marine library must have; with its publication, Kenneth and Helen Durant have finally given the Adirondack guide-boat the recognition it has long deserved. In the early 20th Century, various outside influences combined to force the classic craft into obsolescence, but the current revival of interest in wooden vessels has led to a new appreciation of the exquisite boats and the superbly skilled craftsmen who built them. The Durant's definitive volume now caps that revival. Profusely illustrated. Map end papers. 250 pp. Near fine hardcover in a near fine, mylar covered, unclipped dust jacket. The spine of the jacket is slightly faded. The photos on the listing page are of the actual book for sale. Always carefully packaged and shipped quickly, often same day.

Seller Inventory # 002808

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Adirondack Guide Boat (Adirondack Museum)
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing Company, Camden, Maine
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877421250
• ISBN 13: 9780877421252
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

A history of America's most remarkable small craft. Sought after by collectors today, this feather-light "double-ender" is unique to the Adirondacks and is admiredby wooden boat enthusiasts everywhere. With plans and commentary by John Gardner, Curator, Mystic Seaport Museum. Illustrated. 4th printing, 1999.

About the Author

Kenneth Durant (1889 1972) began spending summers in the Adirondacks as a child. A journalist, he opened and managed the American bureau of the Soviet news agency TASS for two decades and, after retirement, pursued his interest in the background of the guide-boat. His third wife, Helen van Dongen Durant (1909 2006), an internationally recognized documentary cinematographer, completed the book after Durant's death.