Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781574092875)

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.

Author: L. Francis Herreshoff
ISBN-10: 1574092871
ISBN-13: 9781574092875
Publisher: Sheridan House
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2009
Pages: 398
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 299