{"id":6754084487336,"title":"No Ordinary Being","handle":"no-ordinary-being","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d01f1f;\"\u003eVery Limited Supply \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Poet, Aviation Pioneer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFully illustrated biography of an authentic American polymath. After launching his career as a yacht designer, Burgess built the first airplane to fly in New England (1910) and was selected as the sole manufacturer of aircraft under the Wright Brothers' patents. His company was a primary supplier of both civilian and military aircraft before the main factory in Marblehead burned to the ground in 1918.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter World War I, Burgess returned to his first love, yacht design, drafting the lines for three successive Gloucester fishing schooners to compete against Canadian entries for the International Fishermen's Trophy—and in 1924 introduced the staysail rig on the all-but-unbeatable schooner yacht \u003cem\u003eAdvance\u003c\/em\u003e. He later designed the three acclaimed America's Cup-winners: the J-Class sloops \u003cem\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/em\u003e(1930), \u003cem\u003eRainbow\u003c\/em\u003e(1934), and \u003cem\u003eRanger\u003c\/em\u003e(1937). In 1933, he collaborated with R. Buckminster Fuller to design and create the revolutionary Dymaxion automobile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yes, this book has achieved collector status, and these are new, not previously purchased books, and sold as non-returnable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e512 pp., hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLlewellyn Howland III \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-21T14:43:44-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-21T14:37:50-04:00","vendor":"The WoodenBoat Store","type":"1310 Books","tags":[],"price":27500,"price_min":27500,"price_max":27500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39971975495848,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"300-833","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"No Ordinary Being","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":27500,"weight":4536,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/4098\/7482\/products\/NoOrdinaryBeing.jpg?v=1621622272"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/4098\/7482\/products\/NoOrdinaryBeing.jpg?v=1621622272","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":21357047218344,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.085,"height":1112,"width":1207,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/4098\/7482\/products\/NoOrdinaryBeing.jpg?v=1621622272"},"aspect_ratio":1.085,"height":1112,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0053\/4098\/7482\/products\/NoOrdinaryBeing.jpg?v=1621622272","width":1207}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d01f1f;\"\u003eVery Limited Supply \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eW. Starling Burgess, Inventor, Naval Architect, Poet, Aviation Pioneer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFully illustrated biography of an authentic American polymath. After launching his career as a yacht designer, Burgess built the first airplane to fly in New England (1910) and was selected as the sole manufacturer of aircraft under the Wright Brothers' patents. His company was a primary supplier of both civilian and military aircraft before the main factory in Marblehead burned to the ground in 1918.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter World War I, Burgess returned to his first love, yacht design, drafting the lines for three successive Gloucester fishing schooners to compete against Canadian entries for the International Fishermen's Trophy—and in 1924 introduced the staysail rig on the all-but-unbeatable schooner yacht \u003cem\u003eAdvance\u003c\/em\u003e. He later designed the three acclaimed America's Cup-winners: the J-Class sloops \u003cem\u003eEnterprise\u003c\/em\u003e(1930), \u003cem\u003eRainbow\u003c\/em\u003e(1934), and \u003cem\u003eRanger\u003c\/em\u003e(1937). In 1933, he collaborated with R. Buckminster Fuller to design and create the revolutionary Dymaxion automobile.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd yes, this book has achieved collector status, and these are new, not previously purchased books, and sold as non-returnable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e512 pp., hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLlewellyn Howland III \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}