The American Fishing Schooners: 1825-1935

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Summary: The ultimate history of the design of the fishing schooners.
Review: Howard Chapelle, the dean of American watercraft historians completed this final work a few years before his death. Not particularly rich in "sea lore", it is nonetheless the standard resource regarding this American arche-type of design. Enhanced with numerous photographs, lines drawings and sketches of rigging and deck gear, it is a valuable resource. It is a complement to other volumes of Chappelle's work.

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Summary: where is my book ?
Review: not sure how you expect me to review it, you have not shipped it to me yet.

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Summary: A classic book on American fishing schooner design
Review: This is the most comprehensive book ever written on the subject. It was penned by one of America's premier historians of 19th Century Naval Architecture.It is doubtful that a finer book will ever be written on the subject of American fishing schooners.
It was a classic when I was a boy, and it is still a classic.
No student of 19th Century Maritime history should go without this book.