Power Boat the Quest for Speed
YA-- A beautifully illustrated pictorial history of man's designs, both successes and failures, in his quest for speed on the water. Numerous well-chosen photographs and schematic drawings and the spellbinding accounts of the events cover the men responsible, the increased reliance on advanced technology, and the glamorous and eccentric characters attracted to the sport of speed boating. Young adults will spend hours thumbing through and reading this engrossing book.- Barbara Batty, Port Arthur Schools, Tex .Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.