The birth of an icon : Scott Linton and the building of the Cutty Sark : the true story/Alan Platt & Robert T. Sexton

"The Cutty Sark is the world's most famous surviving merchant sailing ship and stands proudly amongst the top few maritime survivors of any kind. She is an icon, a brand, and her memorably intriguing name joins Auld Lang Syne as the most widely known words from the Scots of Robert Burns. That she was built at Dumbarton in Scotland in 1869-70 for Scottish owners is well known, but that much of the money which it took to build her was unwittingly provided by Scottish creditors is explained here for the first time. London, however, was her home port when she was under the Red Duster gaining her reputation amongst the glorious clippers which brought tea to the Thames from China and from her phenomenal voyages in the Australian wool trade."--Provided by the publisher.