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If you are one of the 6,500,000 people who own or operate outboards, this book will fascinate you...
If you are one of the countless people who are interested in outboard motor boating, this book may end your days as a spectator and put you on the water...
And even if you are simply intrigued by machines – on land or water – the evolution of the outboard motor will be of absorbing interest.
Jim Webb views the outboard as more than a highly successful means of propulsion: it is a dynamic factor influencing the recreational lives of millions of people the world over. He has conducted exhaustive research here and abroad, and traces the development of the outboard motor from the whimsical devices of more than 100 years ago to the less fanciful but powerful machines now being produced.
The outboard came into being along with the automobile and the aeroplane, and each has played a significant role in the evolution of a mobile civilization. This book, containing 112 illustrations, is a splendid panorama of the machine age from the marine point of view.
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