Us Life Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues, and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0930268156 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 262 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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. He is responsible for the architectural section of the book which chronicles our beautiful and historic Coast Guard stations. He is well known for his restoration expertise in early life-saving stations, lighthouses and other historic structures. For over three decades Ralph Shanks has extensively interviewed surfmen and lighthouse keep
There is state by state coverage of the Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast, and Great Lakes. These were courageous early Coast Guard surfmen whose regulations said they had to go out no matter how storm-tossed the sea; the regulations did not say anything about coming back. Revell Carr, long-time director of Mystic Seaport Museum described U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard is the winner of the first Foundation for Coast Guard History Award in the category Best Book on Coast Guard History. This is the saga of the rescues, boats, equipment and stations. There was the brilliant and beautiful woman who changed the world s rescue workthe lone survivor of a life-saving crewthe day the surfmen saved the Wright brother s planethe night Marconi filed the sky with strange sights and sounds and sent surfmen runningthe unsung women rescuersthe strange dream that foretold a shipwreckthe surfman who traveled 25,000 miles in a survival suit. U.S. Life-Saving Service, as a book of ex
Pick up this book to learn the full story of the predecessor organization to today's Coast Guard, and to understand the ethos behind the motto, You have to go out, you don't have to come back. It doesn't matter what question comes up; if it has to do with the old surfmen and keepers, the answer is inevitably in this book. A special added feature is the end chapter on architecture - Mr. The book is divided into chapters representing each of the old Life-Saving Service districts, and details the story of each region of the country through an unrivaled postcard and photograph collection and highlighted tales of heroism and tragedy. York's contribution - that expands on his master's thesis on the structures of the USLSS. Interspersed are tales of other important issues regarding the history of the service: the development of life-saving technology, the role of minorities in this 19th century organization, and much more. I'll make no bones about it. Coast Guard, I need handy reference
Makes Us All Look Like Geniuses I'll make no bones about it. I'm a Coast Guard historian, so I approach the reading of this book differently than most others. As editor of a magazine dedicated to the history of the U.S Life-Saving Service and early U.S. Coast Guard, I need handy reference books arou. "Best Book on Coast Guard History Award Winner!" according to Surfman. This great book won the first ever Foundation for Coast Guard History award in the category "Best Book on Coast Guard History"!It is hard to put this exciting book down. The stories of rescues, stations, boats, equipment and the people themselves are amazing and the i. "Awesome resource" according to C. W. Campbell. I did my thesis on the United States Life-Saving Service and this is an amazing go to resource.