Stan Grayson is widely known for his books and articles about American yachting and small-craft history, and the American automobile and marine engine industries. After receiving a Master’s Degree in English from Pennsylvania State University followed by Army service in Vietnam, Stan pursued a career that has included stints as a newspaper reporter, photographer, and automotive industry consultant, but most of all as a writer. He is the author of many articles and books. His work has appeared in Automobile Quarterly, Nautical Quarterly, Yankee, and WoodenBoat, among other publications. Among his best-known books are Ferrari, the Man, the Machines (Automobile Quarterly/E. P. Dutton), Catboats (International Marine), The Wianno Senior Story, a Century on Nantucket Sound (Wianno Senior Association), and A Man for All Oceans, co-published in 2017 by Tillbury House Press and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. A Man for All Oceans was the recipient of a John Lyman Book Awards Honorable Mention. Author Nathaniel Philbrick noted: “Grayson casts a revelatory light not only on Slocum but the times in which he lived and sailed.”

Stan Grayson is widely known for his books and articles about American yachting and small-craft history, and the American automobile and marine engine industries. After receiving a Master’s Degree in English from Pennsylvania State University followed by Army service in Vietnam, Stan pursued a career that has included stints as a newspaper reporter, photographer, and automotive industry consultant, but most of all as a writer. He is the author of many articles and books. His work has appeared in Automobile Quarterly, Nautical Quarterly, Yankee, and WoodenBoat, among other publications. Among his best-known books are Ferrari, the Man, the Machines (Automobile Quarterly/E. P. Dutton), Catboats (International Marine), The Wianno Senior Story, a Century on Nantucket Sound (Wianno Senior Association), and A Man for All Oceans, co-published in 2017 by Tillbury House Press and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. A Man for All Oceans was the recipient of a John Lyman Book Awards Honorable Mention. Author Nathaniel Philbrick noted: “Grayson casts a revelatory light not only on Slocum but the times in which he lived and sailed.”

Stan Grayson is widely known for his books and articles about American yachting and small-craft history, and the American automobile and marine engine industries. After receiving a Master’s Degree in English from Pennsylvania State University followed by Army service in Vietnam, Stan pursued a career that has included stints as a newspaper reporter, photographer, and automotive industry consultant, but most of all as a writer. He is the author of many articles and books. His work has appeared in Automobile Quarterly, Nautical Quarterly, Yankee, and WoodenBoat, among other publications. Among his best-known books are Ferrari, the Man, the Machines (Automobile Quarterly/E. P. Dutton), Catboats (International Marine), The Wianno Senior Story, a Century on Nantucket Sound (Wianno Senior Association), and A Man for All Oceans, co-published in 2017 by Tillbury House Press and the New Bedford Whaling Museum. A Man for All Oceans was the recipient of a John Lyman Book Awards Honorable Mention. Author Nathaniel Philbrick noted: “Grayson casts a revelatory light not only on Slocum but the times in which he lived and sailed.”