Art&DesignWinter2024

ALSO AVAILABLE STEAMBOAT DAYS ON THE CHESAPEAKE 978-0-7643-3109-1 128 pp. | 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 216 mm) | hardcover $29.99 USD, £27.99, 42.99 CAD BLOW FOR THE LANDING 978-0-7643-0318-0 235 pp. | 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) | softcover $29.95 USD, £27.99, 42.95 CAD The Boats of Summer, Volume 1 New York Harbor and Hudson River Day Passenger and Excursion Vessels of the Nineteenth Century The Boats of Summer, Volume 2 New York Harbor and Hudson River Day Passenger and Excursion Vessels of the Twentieth Century By Richard V. Elliott, Edited by Linda Elliott Embark on a nostalgic journey into New York’s maritime past with this look at the excursion steamboats that captured the hearts of generations of New Yorkers and visitors. Full steam ahead! About the Author Growing up near the Hudson River in Yonkers, New York, sparked Richard V. Elliott ’s lifelong passion for steamboats. He earned a degree from the US Merchant Marine Academy, served in the US Navy and on staff at the American Merchant Marine Institute, and edited the trade magazine of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Shortly before he died in 2014, he finished writing the stories of more than 60 day passenger steamboats that plied New York waters in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Spotlights bygone regional excursion steamboats in the Hudson River, New York City, Long Island Sound, and northern New Jersey areas Abundantly illustrated via rare historical photographs, plus paintings from well-known maritime painter William G. Muller Histories of well-known boats as well as boats not previously described in detail elsewhere 32 | NEW THIS SEASON