Experience the heyday of speedboats-an era when speed was still a novel plaything of the wealthy, and boats were raced as passionately as Duesenbergs and Bugattis. Powered by monstrous inboard engines-the fruits of wartime technology-these luxurious specimens and their intrepid pilots competed fiercely with rivals around the world. Relish in meticulous cutaway drawings, archival photography and opulent color shots of impeccably restored mahogany torpedoes cleaving the waves today, just as they did in years past. 10 X 10, 192 pgs., 200 b/w and 114 color photos.'
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
Original Language: French
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Classic Speedboats with a continental flavour!,
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This review is from: Classic Speedboats, 1916-1939 (Hardcover)
This book was originally published in France. Sometimes its translation from French has to be read through. Other than that, this is an excellent book with excellent period and contempory photography. If you are interested in "Classic Speedboats" with a European bent on history, this is one fine source book.
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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THE LONG, SLEEK RACING SPEEDBOATS OF THE TURN OF THE CENTURY DISAPPEARED AS WAR DESTROYED THE OLD EUROPEAN ORDER. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
speedboat competition, stepped hulls, speedboat racing, world water speed record, new racer, liter class, small boatyard, liberty engines, unlimited class, cylinder capacity, original boat, displacement hulls, world speed record, aero engines, racing boats, sailing conditions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gold Cup, Gar Wood, Miss America, United States, Miss England, Harmsworth Trophy, New York, Baby Bootlegger, George Crouch, Kaye Don, Chris Smith, Miss Britain, John Hacker, Miss Detroit, Miss Columbia, Baby Gar, Caleb Bragg, Horace Dodge, Duke of York's Trophy, Miss Minneapolis, Hubert Scott Paine, First World War, President's Cup, British International Trophy, Charles Chapman New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
THE LONG, SLEEK RACING SPEEDBOATS OF THE TURN OF THE CENTURY DISAPPEARED AS WAR DESTROYED THE OLD EUROPEAN ORDER. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
speedboat competition, stepped hulls, speedboat racing, world water speed record, new racer, liter class, small boatyard, liberty engines, unlimited class, cylinder capacity, original boat, displacement hulls, world speed record, aero engines, racing boats, sailing conditions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gold Cup, Gar Wood, Miss America, United States, Miss England, Harmsworth Trophy, New York, Baby Bootlegger, George Crouch, Kaye Don, Chris Smith, Miss Britain, John Hacker, Miss Detroit, Miss Columbia, Baby Gar, Caleb Bragg, Horace Dodge, Duke of York's Trophy, Miss Minneapolis, Hubert Scott Paine, First World War, President's Cup, British International Trophy, Charles Chapman New!
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- The Legend of Chris-Craft by Jeffrey L. Rodengen on page 53, and Back Matter
- The First World War by Michael Howard on page 121
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