Capt. Nat Herreshoff: The Wizard of Bristol 
Subtitle: The Life and Achievements of Natanael Greene Herreshoff, Together With an Account of Some of the Yachts He Designed
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Sheridan House
Published: March 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781574090048
Subjects: Biography: general; Ship design & naval architecture; Sports; Sports & Recreation; Boating - Boatbuilding; Sailing - General; Sports - General; Boating - General
First sentence: MOST biographies and many books start off with a preface, then an introduction follows, and sometimes even an inaugural chapter, but, Gentle Reader, if you are like myself you will often skip these parts in your rush to get to the real substance of the thing.