L. Francis Herreshoff

Capt. Nat Herreshoff (eBook, ePUB)

The Wizard of Bristol

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493082049
• Artikelnr.: 72478592

Autorenporträt

By L. Francis Herreshoff

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Time and the Place
Chapter 2: Captain Nat's Ancestors
Chapter 3: The Herreshoffs
Chapter 4: Captain Nat's Education
Chapter 5: The First Designs of N. G. Herreshoff
Chapter 6: Captain Nat Forms a Partnership with His Brother John
Chapter 7: Captain Nat's Home Life
Chapter 8: Captain Nat's Methods of Designing
Chapter 9: The Works of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Chapter 10: Captain Nat's Designs of the Eighteen-Nineties
Chapter 11: Designs from 1900 to 1910
Chapter 12: Captain Nat's Designs Between 1910 and 1920
Chapter 13: Captain Nat's Later Designs
Chapter 14: Mr. Herreshoff's Later Life and Friends
Chapter 15: Some of Captain Nat's Accomplishments
Appendix Partial List of Herreshoff-Built Boats