Book about Jack Hargrave

[Willallison]

As a former Westlawn student, anything about Jack Hargrave is of interest to me. Alas - a quick look at Amazon reveals a price of USD $80 ....:

From Megayacht News -

The cover of American Classic - The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave.

The definitive biography of designer Jack Hargrave, including a comprehensive look at his approach to the design business and yacht style, as well as profiles of many of his yachts and ships, has finally come off the press.
The book is called American Classic – The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave. Jack Hargrave was a man of intriguing contrasts. Although he pioneered the use of fiberglass and aluminum as he designed yachts for the world’s elite from his studio in West Palm Beach, he never forgot his old-fashioned Midwest values, often brown-bagged his lunch and considered the term "megayacht" pretentious.

This painstakingly researched, art-quality book introduces the reader to a true American success story, and in so doing, traces the richest chapter in the development of pleasure boating and commercial shipping the world has ever known. With 224 pages, 334 photos and illustrations and 75 yacht design profiles, American Classic, The Yachts and Ships of Jack Hargrave is a true history of 20th century yacht design. Hargrave and his design team drew the lines that launched 7,000 boats, yachts and ships, among them runabouts, offshore racing boats, stern wheelers, tankers and thousands of elegant motor yachts from such famed builders as Burger and Stephens, as well as nearly every Hatteras from 1960 until his death in 1996.

Jack Hargrave, like his designs, was a classic. Anyone who appreciates beautiful yachts and yacht design will delight in this big, beautiful book written by veteran marine journalist Marilyn Mower and designed by Darcey McNiff Thompson.