The America's Cup: Trials and Triumphs Contributor(s): Simpson, Richard V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596293292 ISBN-13: 9781596293298 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Sailing - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Sports & Recreation | Boating |
Dewey: 797.14 |
LCCN: 2010014132 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: America's Cup: Trials & Triumphs is a concise history of some of the most interesting of the international struggles for possession of the acclaimed Cup. But more than that, Simpson writes about the ingenuity and technical advancements made over the years |
Contributor Bio(s): Simpson, Richard V.: - Richard V. Simpson is a native Rhode Islander who has always lived within walking distance to Narragansett Bay; first in the Edgewood section of Cranston and in Bristol, where he has lived since 1960. A graphic designer by trade, he has worked in advertising, printing, display and textile design studios. After retiring in 1996 from a twenty-nine-year Federal Civil Service career with the U.S. Navy in Newport, he began a second career as an author of books on subjects of historical interest in Rhode Island's East Bay, with his principal focus on Bristol. This is Richard's sixteenth published title and the third with America's Cup yachts as its subject. He continues as a contributing editor for the national monthly Antiques & Collecting Magazine, in which eighty-five of his articles have appeared, a position he has enjoyed since 1985. Bristol's famous Independence Day celebration and parade has also been the subject of Richard's pen. His 1989 Independence Day is the singular authoritative book on the subject, and his many anecdotal Fourth of July articles have appeared in the local Bristol Phoenix and the Providence Journal. |