Herreshoff: American Masterpieces - Hardcover

Bray, Maynard; Van Der Linde, Claas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393089096 ISBN 13: 9780393089097

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company led by its founding spirit, thebrilliant designer Captain Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848 1938) constructed the most thrilling, innovative, and graceful boats ever built in theUnited States, not only lavish yachts and thoroughbred racing classes but alsodaysailers and dinghies, weekend cruisers and motor launches. Marine historianMaynard Bray and Herreshoff expert Claas van der Linde, in collaborationwith renowned nautical photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz, present the veryfinest of the Herreshoff designs afloat today, with insightful commentary ondesign evolution in every facet from lines to displacement to hardware, accompaniedby full-color images of each vessel both in detail and under way, as wellas unique color reproductions of Herreshoff s own archival plans and drawings.Each entry incorporates a history of the boat (or class), its owners, race results,and fate, celebrating the many that still grace our waters.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Marine historian Maynard Bray has authored or co-authored many books on the subject of wooden boats, including the classic Book of Wooden Boats. He lives in Brooklin, Maine.

Benjamin Mendlowitz is America's premier photographer of wooden boats. He lives in Brooklin, Maine.

Claas van der Linde compiled the Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné; he lives in Switzerland and sails in Maine.

Kurt Hasselbach is curator of the Hart Nautical Collections at MIT and lives in Melrose, Massachusetts.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0393089096
• ISBN 13: 9780393089097
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 287
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland