With the sweep of its bow, its graceful lines, and its cloud of canvas, the clipper ship sparked a romance with the American public that still endures 150 years later. During the 1850s, intense intercity rivalries arose around locally built clippers, as they reached and maintained speeds that were unheard of previously. Ships were suddenly christened with romantic names, and the interiors of passenger-carrying vessels reached a new level of embellishment. The product of 35 years of research, The American-Built Clipper Ship presents in exquisite detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Extraordinarily crisp and detailed drawings by the author, who retired from the design department of the Philadelphia Naval yard, illustrate this magificent work. No other single source covers so many vessels in such detail.
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"... impressive detail... Appealing to more than the casual reader, Crothers takes the ships apart literally plank by plank with drawings and accompanying text." -- Soundings
"... will soon be referred to as the ultimate book on the American clipper ship. This work is an instant classic." -- Nautical Research Journal
"... will soon be referred to as the ultimate book on the American clipper ship. This work is an instant classic." -- Nautical Research Journal
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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 is only now learning how addictive the subject can become. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A fantastic resource for model builders and historians!,
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This review is from: The American-Built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856: Characteristics, Construction, and Details (Hardcover)
This is a very (thick) detailed book on the construction of real historic clipper ships. It contains everything from lines to layout to fitting out details for many clipper ships built between 1850 and 1856. No pretty pictures, but lots of useful diagrams and drawings. An experienced shipwright could probably build a very good clipper ship from this complete reference.
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Bill Crothers' excellent drawings and thorough research make this a definitive reference on the construction of the American clipper ships. The book contains a wide range of information of interest to the maritime historian as well as the model maker. This is a book about the "insides" of these vessels - how they were built and how they worked - rather than about the lovely appearance of the ships under sail.
Highly recommended for your reference shelf.
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Informations for the clipper Morning Light wrecked off french coasts,
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Good book with many details about american clippers and about the clipper Morning Light. Arrived in good time in France.
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THE LIFE OF A SHIP begins when an individual or organization decides upon the need or desire for such a vehicle to further the pursuit of pleasure or profit-in the case of the American-built clipper ship, the quest for profit in merchant shipping, and the quest for progress and product development on the part of the designer and shipbuilder. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gilded carved work, half poop, patent steering apparatus, buff relieved, keelson assemblies, patent capstans, lodging knees, sister riders, keelson assembly, upper pcs, bilge ceiling, middle deck beams, bolts into keel, moulded offsets, lower deck beams, standing strakes, upper deck beams, patent ventilators, diminishing strakes, lap stringer, thru lubber hole, clipper period, feet avg, air strake, extended mouldings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Republic, New York, United States, Young America, Sierra Nevada, Golden Light, Black Hawk, John Stuart, Joseph Peabody, Silver Star, Southern Cross, Winged Racer, Coeur de Lion, Don Quixote, Flying Childers, Golden Fleece, John Bertram, Morning Light, Northern Light, Santa Claus, Storm King, Edwin Forrest, Electric Spark, Thatcher Magoun, Empress of the Sea New!
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THE LIFE OF A SHIP begins when an individual or organization decides upon the need or desire for such a vehicle to further the pursuit of pleasure or profit-in the case of the American-built clipper ship, the quest for profit in merchant shipping, and the quest for progress and product development on the part of the designer and shipbuilder. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gilded carved work, half poop, patent steering apparatus, buff relieved, keelson assemblies, patent capstans, lodging knees, sister riders, keelson assembly, upper pcs, bilge ceiling, middle deck beams, bolts into keel, moulded offsets, lower deck beams, standing strakes, upper deck beams, patent ventilators, diminishing strakes, lap stringer, thru lubber hole, clipper period, feet avg, air strake, extended mouldings Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Great Republic, New York, United States, Young America, Sierra Nevada, Golden Light, Black Hawk, John Stuart, Joseph Peabody, Silver Star, Southern Cross, Winged Racer, Coeur de Lion, Don Quixote, Flying Childers, Golden Fleece, John Bertram, Morning Light, Northern Light, Santa Claus, Storm King, Edwin Forrest, Electric Spark, Thatcher Magoun, Empress of the Sea New!
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- Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship by Carl C. Cutler on page 112, and Back Matter
- A History of the United States by Charles Peter Hill in Back Matter
- World Book's Science and Nature Guides (World Book Encyclopedia Science Nature Guides) in Back Matter
- Flags at Sea by Timothy Wilson in Back Matter
- The Ship of the Line, Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850 by Brian Lavery in Back Matter
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