Legend of Chris-Craft - Rodengen 1998 Illustrated Classic Runabouts Cruisers

 

The Legend of Chris-Craft

Rodengen, Jeffrey L.

 

Write Stuff Syndicate, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

1993  -  3rd printing

Hardcover - original dust jacket

270 pgs

 

The story of the family that made "runabout" and "cabin cruiser" household words. From row boats to the fastest boats on Earth, from the first combat landing crafts ashore at Normandy to the most coveted family cruisers, from kit boats to sailboats, and from mahogany, aluminum and steel to fiberglass.

Profusely illustrated with photographs.

 

Condition

Overall Very Good condition.

Covers with minimal / no wear. Not faded.  

Interior is quite clean and fresh.  No mark-up.

Dust jacket with a bit of wrinkling (now protected with a Brodart cello jacket).

Not ex-library.

 

 

A rescue from an estate in metro Detroit Michigan…

 

052021

 

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