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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.8223092
EAN num: 9781592285570
ISBN number: 1592285570
Label: The Lyons Press
Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 312
Printing Date: August 28, 2005
Publishing house: The Lyons Press
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One of history's most famous yachts, and the giants who made it.
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Pastore's book on turn of the century world class yachting is a window into another time. For armchair mariners he provides just enough nautical jargon to allow one to come away feeling more knowledgeable, without overloading the reader. His biographical portraits of the designer Nathaniel Herreshoff and the tea and grocer magnate Thomas Lipton are fascinating. And if nothing else the author deftly transmits the awesome scale of the America's Cup defenders and challengers to the written page. I'd highly recommend this book. It's an excellent read.
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For serious sailors and lovers of history, this book is a wonderful stroll through one of the most dramatic periods in the history of America's Cup competition. Christopher Pastore's conversational style and meticulous research give us three dimensional portraits of both "Captain Nat" Herreschoft and his arch rival, perennial British America's Cup challenger, Sir Thomas Lipton. It's easy for experienced sailors who write works such as this to forget that the sailing lexicon can seem like a foreign language to those who don't "...mess about in boats..." However, Mr. Pastore takes time to define the complex terminology of the yachting world. This is the book that will help northern sailors get through the long winter months and help non-sailors to appreciate the complexity of mounting a challenge and defense to the longest continually run sporting event in history.
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Mr. Pastore writes with a style that both informs and draws you in. The race sequences play out with drama and tension. I loved this book, and recommend it to anyone interested in maritime history, racing, shipbuilding, or early 20th century history.
I found the depth of the character studies especially entertaining, and I finished it feeling like I personally knew Messr's Herreshoff, Barr, and Lipton.
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Growing up in RI made this book a very special read. Passing the museum on a daily basis, but never knowing the story behind the ships and their designers always made me feel like I was slacking in my duties. The book answered every question I could have had from a personal and engineering standpoint. If you are an engineer or enjoy Non-fiction, defintiely pick up Temple to the Wind.
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Pastore takes you on a journey through history and makes Herreshoff come alive. This book is an amazing account of Herreshoff's travails while designing Reliance. I am basically a sailour wanna-be and was delighted to feel much closer to the excitement of the yachting world years ago- when the stakes were very high. Pastore's devotion to the subject is evident and his enthusiasm for the race is contagious! Truly a great read.
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