Building Chris-Craft

Wow, what a book!  Details on Gar Wood and Chris Smith as racers. competitors, partners, boat builders are all covered with fresh insight and facts.  Races and the balance of profit and fun in the boating industry is well woven into the context of the time frames discussed.  It all seems as if you are there and with Tony Mollica (a first class historian and researcher on boats) and Chris Smith, you are (Chris worked in the family business). The title is a little misleading as “inside the factories” suggests to me some dry reading, and this lavish book is not dry…it’s full of stories and interesting facts. Do notread it before bed time, you can not put it down! - http://www.seabuddyonboats.com, August 25, 2010 Great book, great previously unpublished photographs, and it is full of new insight. I highly recommend it!-Brian Robinson - Director, the Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club, Inc. http://www.chris-craft.org/discussion, August 7, 2010

Every Chris-Craft owner will want to own this detailed history of Chris-Craft. -- Wooden Boat, Sept/Oct. 2010