Capt. Nat Herreshoff, the Wizard of Bristol: The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Together with an Account of...
- ISBN-10
- 1574090046
- ISBN-13
- 9781574090048
- Category
- Bristol (R.I. : Town)
- Pages
- 349
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Sheridan House, Inc.
- Author
- L. Francis Herreshoff
Description
Nathanael G. Herreshoff was the greatest yacht and marine designer and builder this country has ever produced. He is creditied with the introduction of more new devices in the design of boats than any other man, and the great yachts that he designed for the successful defense of the America's cup caught the imagination of the world.
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