Slightly damaged first edition copyright 1989. Signed by Manyard
The history of a company and the founders who brought the art to its ultimate level with boats like Gloriana, Defender, and Resolute, the New York 30s, the Buzzard's Bay 15, and the 12 + footers. Practically like getting a tour of the place by John B. and Nathanael G. themselves. Includes additional information from grandson Halsey Herreshoff who heads the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Table of Contents:
Part One:The Old Tannery:Herreshoff Boatbuilding to 1878
Manufacturing for Steam Herreshoff MFG. Co. Power Vessels 1878-1897
The Shops:A Look at the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Facilities 1878-1897
Trials and Triumphs: Military Craft 1878-1897
The Age of Gloriana: Herreshoff Mfg. Co.Sailboats 1878-1897
Part 2:Heydays Before the Great War
From Fin Keelers to Cruisers: Herreshoff Mfg. Co. Sailboats 1898-1917
Years of Glory: The Big Sailing Yachts,1898-1917
The Power Transition: From Steam to Internal Combustion, 1898-1917
Yachts of Their Own:Pleasure Boats of the Herreshoff Brothers
Family:The Children of NGH and JBH
Part Three: Continuing the Legend:
Under New Ownership: The Postwar, Pre Depression Years, 1917-1929
Surviving the Thirties: A Time of Innovation, 1930-1937
The Peacocks: J-Boats of the 1930s
Pleasure and Sunset: NGH in Retirement, 1924-1938
A Hurricane, A War, a Closing: The Final Years
Bibliography
Photo Credits
by Maynard Bray and Carlton Pinheiro
241 pp., hardcover
