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Title: Book about J.B?
Post by: rbgarr on October 21, 2011, 04:57:21 AM

Anyone know anything about this item?  Any good? http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-B-Herreshoff-Yacht-Builder-NEW-/150679905740?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item231538e5cc

Title: Re: Book about J.B?
Post by: HerreshoffHistory on October 21, 2011, 08:52:36 AM

It is an article that was extracted from Orison Swett Marden's 1901 book "How They Succeeded."

See http://tinyurl.com/herreshoff-marden (http://tinyurl.com/herreshoff-marden)

It was originally published in longer form with quite a few photos as two articles by Walter Wellesley in "Success" magazine of August 12, 1899 and August 19, 1899.

Pretty good reading if you can get used to the flowery language and one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the Herreshoffs and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company.

Title: Re: Book about J.B?
Post by: Adam on October 21, 2011, 02:52:02 PM

I own both this book as well as Mardens original. Typical victorian writing....and a bit overdone IMO.