Adirondack Guide-Boat - Softcover

Durant, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877421250 ISBN 13: 9780877421252

Publisher: Intl Marine Pub, 1980

Synopsis

A history of America's most remarkable small craft. Sought after by collectors today, this feather-light "double-ender" is unique to the Adirondacks and is admiredby wooden boat enthusiasts everywhere. With plans and commentary by John Gardner, Curator, Mystic Seaport Museum. Illustrated. 4th printing, 1999.

About this title

About the Author:

Kenneth Durant (1889 1972) began spending summers in the Adirondacks as a child. A journalist, he opened and managed the American bureau of the Soviet news agency TASS for two decades and, after retirement, pursued his interest in the background of the guide-boat. His third wife, Helen van Dongen Durant (1909 2006), an internationally recognized documentary cinematographer, completed the book after Durant's death.

Review:

This does it all for the famed hunting and fishing skiff of the North Woods. Still setting
the standard as an in-depth exposition of a single American boat type, The Adirondack
Guide-Boat has been used extensively by historians, museum curators, and students of the Adirondacks. It is wonderful to have the book back in print to enthrall a new generation of general readers and experts. --Peter Vermilya, Emeritus Curator of Small Craft, Mystic Seaport Museum

About this edition

• Publisher: Intl Marine Pub
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0877421250
• ISBN 13: 9780877421252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250