This book recounts the history of the classic boat and some of the techniques used by its talented builders.

Kenneth and Helen Durant have finally given the Adirondack guide-boat the recognition it has long deserved. In the early 20th Century, various outside influences combined to force the classic craft into obsolescence, but the current revival of interest in wooden vessels has led to a new appreciation of the exquisite boats and the superbly skilled craftsmen who built them. The Durants' definitive volume now caps that revival.