With the sweep of its bow, its graceful lines, and its clouds of
canvas, the clipper ship sparked a romance with the American public
that still endures 150 years later.
The public fervor surrounding locally built clippers generated
intense intercity rivalries--and a new type of thinking. Ships
suddenly were christened with romantic names; interior decor of
passenger-carrying vessels reached a new level of embellishment.
Pushed by their masters, who drove them as no ships had been driven
before, clippers reached and maintained speeds that were previously
unheard of, setting records for sailing ship passages that were
never to be surpassed. Their heyday was astonishingly brief--by the
1860s giving way to safer, more commodious, iron steamships, which
were not at the mercy at the wind.
The product of more than 35 years of exacting research, "The
American-Built Clipper Ship" presents in exquisite detail 152
clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilders' art.
Every facet of clipper ship design and construction is covered,
including wood species, scantlings, fastenings, midship sections,
interior living areas, and details of scarphs, keels, stem- and
stern-post assemblies, frames, timbers, and bracing--all included
in some 160 intricately drawn illustrations by a man whose
unequaled work has earned him a national following among modelers
and maritime museum directors. This is possibly the most complete
reference on clipper ship construction ever published. No other
single source covers so many vessels in such detail.
"The American-Built Clipper Ship" will be an invaluable resource
for historians, model builders, and maritime artists, as well as
for any newcomer who isonly now learning how addictive the subject
can become.
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