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John Rousmaniere (1944-2026) Historian, writer. John Rousmaniere was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and died in Westwood, Massachusetts.

Full Name

John Pierce Rousmaniere

Locations

NassauNew YorkOrange

Author's Timeline


1944

Birth

John Pierce Rousmaniere was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 10, 1944.

About 1955

Other Life Event

Nassau County
Mr. Rousmaniere moved with his family to Oyster Bay, New York, in about 1955.

1967

Other Life Event

New York County
Mr. Rousmaniere received a bachelor’s degree in 1967 and a master’s in 1968 in history from Columbia University.

0000

Other Life Event

Orange County
Mr. Rousmaniere taught history at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

1980

Literary Work

Fastnet, Force 10
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
0393032566 / 978-0393032567
Nonfiction.

1981

Literary Work

The Luxury Yachts
Time-Life Books
0809427427 / 978-0809427420
Nonfiction.

1983

Literary Work

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Simon & Schuster
0671246879 / 978-0671246877
Nonfiction.

1983

Literary Work

America's Cup Book 1851-1983
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
0393032930 / 978-0393032932
Nonfiction.

1986

Literary Work

The Golden Pastime: A New History of Yachting
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
0393033171 / 978-0393033175
Nonfiction.

1986

Literary Work

The Low Black Schooner: Yacht America, 1851-1945
Mystic Seaport Museum Inc.
0939510049 / 978-0939510047
Nonfiction.

1984-1988

Other Life Event

New York County
Mr. Rousmaniere studied from 1984 until 1988 at Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, New York, and received a Master of Divinity degree in 1988.

1987

Literary Work

The Norton Sailor's Log
W. W. Norton and Company, Inc.
0393304299 / 978-0393304299
Nonfiction.

1991

Literary Work

A Bridge to Dialogue: A Story of Jewish-Christian Relations
New York: Paulist Press
0-8091-3284-2
Nonfiction.

2002

Literary Work

After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
0071377956 / 978-0071377959
Nonfiction.

2008

Literary Work

The New York Yacht Club A History, 1844-2008
Seapoint Books
0970644221 / 978-0970644220
History.

2026

Death

John Rousmaniere died at a memory care center in Westwood, Massachusetts, on August 8, 2026.

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