Guide to Wooden Boats

Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Mendlowitz is America's premier photographer of wooden boats. He lives in Brooklin, Maine. 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. The late Joel White was a writer, naval architect, and boat builder. Klappentext First published in 1996, this classic pictorial tour of wooden boats showcases a rich collection of images by Benjamin Mendlowitz, the preeminent photographer of wooden boats. The result is a stunning guide to sailboats and their rigs with text by the renowned marine historian Maynard Bray-a true feast for the eyes as well as the imagination. Now available for the first time as a paperback edition, complete with Joel White's foreword and a new afterword by sailor and writer Roger Angell, this gem of a book is sure to delight both lifelong boaters and newcomers to the nautical world. Zusammenfassung "Being set loose in these pages is like being given the run of a candy store."-Washington Post Book World

Product details

• Authors: Maynard Bray, Benjamin Mendlowitz, Mendlowitz Benjamin, Joel White
• Assisted by: Benjamin Mendlowitz (Photographs), White Joel (Foreword), Angell Roger (Afterword)
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2010
• EAN: 9780393338065
• ISBN: 978-0-393-33806-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; TRANSPORTATION / Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Ships and boats: general interest, Ships & boats: general interest