“I love this book! It’s vivid, wry, surprising, a wonderful
and enlightening tale.” —James Fallows, author of the New York Times bestseller Our Towns 

“Stone’s superb Project Mayflower will engage all nonfiction readers who go in for accounts of perseverance against remarkable odds—and the maritime history buffs among them will want to make space on the bookshelf where they keep their Samuel Eliot Morisons and Nathaniel Philbricks.” —Keith Thomson, author of the New York Times bestseller Born to Be Hanged

“Stone brilliantly combines stories of adventure at sea and enterprise on land. The creation of the Mayflower II is a triumphant tale of personal persistence and international cooperation.” —Steven Ujifusa, author of
The Last Ships from Hamburg and Barons of the Sea

“A rollicking, riveting glimpse behind the scenes at one of the most brash enterprises ever to take to the high seas. Mayflower II had to navigate the storms of funding, political skulduggery, and the fierce Atlantic
Ocean before emerging triumphant as an enduring testament to history and human experience.”— Kate Lance, author of the Mountbatten Maritime Award–winning Alan Villiers: Voyager of the Winds