The wooden ship is probably the most complex wooden structure devised by man: a vast three-dimensional sculpture built from countless pieces fitted together like a jigsaw. This book explores this structure from its earliest and simplest forms, like the birch-bark canoe, to its modern descendants: the sophisticated racers and pleasure crafts of the 20th century. Each step in this boat-building evolution is illuminated by photographs, diagrams and historical material. From dugouts and dinghys to warships and workboats, this book celebrates the illustrious art, craft and history of wooden boat-building.

Wooden Ship: The Art, History and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding

Science & Math

Spectre, Peter H.

Larkin, David

Technology

Cassell Illustrated*

Looks at the role of the schooner in Maine's maritime history, and describes a journey in Maine's coastal waters

A Passage in Time: Along the Coast of Maine by Schooner

Arts & Photography

Mendlowitz, Benjamin

Photography & Video

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

A spectacular volume of 200 full-color photographs and accompanying text tells the story of the shipbuilder's art, from ancient times to the present. From dugouts and dinghys to warships and workboats, this book celebrates the illustrious art, craft, and history of wooden boatbuilding.

WOODEN SHIP : The Art, History and Revival of Wooden Boatbuilding

History

Rocheleau, Paul

Military

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

Depicts the construction of a replica of a ship that brought English settlers to Jamestown, Virginia

A Goodly Ship: The Building of the Susan Constant

Houghton/Mifflin

Presents notes on woodworking, tools, and materials together with providing instructions for building a five-room doll house, doll furniture, and accessories suitable for Barbie and other eleven-inch dolls

The Barbie Doll House

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

Discusses the tradition of cradle boats, shows examples of a variety of styles, and includes plans and instructions for two cradle boats

The Expectant Father's Cradle Boat Book

Smith, Buckley

Gorski, Richard

Sports & Outdoors

Wooden Boat Pub

Mariner's Book of Days 1995 Desk Calendar

Engineering & Transportation

HUNT, Mary

Transportation

Wooden Boat Publications

The beauty of this book is that the construction bugs have already been worked out of the designs. Plans, step-by-step building instructions, materials lists, clear photographs, and detailed diagrams are included; every boat was built before the plans and instructions were published. Many, like the Cartopper, the Flat-Bootomed Skiff, the Caps Charles, and the Wee Lassie, have been built by the hundreds. Follow the building process of ten different designs: a Herreshoff Daysailer, a Lapstrake Plywood Runabout, a Norwegian Pram, a Strip-Built Double-Paddle Canoe, a Cold-Molded Dinghy, a Bareau, and a Double-Paddle Lapstrake Sailing Canoe.

10 Wooden Boats You Can Build: For Sail, Motor, Paddle and Oar (The Woodenboat Series)

Primarily about boats, ships, the sea, and our relationship to them, The Mariner's Book of Days is a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reminder of the things we love most about the watery world. 6 3/4 x 9 1/4.

Mariners Book of Days for 1997

Water Sports

Well-known as the editor of the best-selling annual Mariner's Book of Days, Peter Spectre lives in Spruce Head, Maine.

100 Boat Designs Reviewed: Design Commentaries by the Experts (Woodenboat)

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