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That Others Might Live: The U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1878-1915 by Dennis L. Noble Avg. Customer Rating:
Book Description: Now for the first time in a full-length book, the author presents an operational history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and places the agency within a national context, shedding light on a little-known aspect of maritime history. The book includes numerous photographs and other illustrations of the people, equipment, and exploits of this service and covers many out-off-the-way stations about which little has been published.
U.S. Life Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues, and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard by Ralph C. Shanks, Wick York, Lisa W. Shanks (Editor)
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Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations by David Veasey Avg. Customer Rating:
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The Civil War on the Outer Banks: A History of the Late Rebellion Along the Coast of North Carolina from Carteret to Currituck by Fred M. Mallison Avg. Customer Rating:
Book Description: The Barrier Islands that make up the Outer Banks were a focus of activity in the Civil War from the start. Although active warfare lasted only a brief time before the Banks fell to Union forces, the effects of the battles and wartime occupation would take decades of recovery. Drawing heavily from unpublished manuscripts and memoirs, contemporary newspapers and regimental histories, official records and personal journals of soldiers and civilians, Fred M. Mallison has reached beyond a mere history of the battles that shattered the customary quiet of the islands and the port towns sheltered by them. This account considers the livelihood of the "Bankers" and their way of life in the decades before the war; it traces the economic changes that were already touching the islands, and examines how life was transformed during and after the devastating war.
Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers by David Wright, David Zoby Avg. Customer Rating:
Book Description: Fire on the Beach tells the story of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, formed in 1871 to assure the safe passage of American and international shipping and the save lives and salvage cargo. A century ago, the adventures of the now-forgotten "surfmen" who, in crews of seven, bore the brunt of this dangerous but vital duty, filled the pages of popular reading material, from Harper's to the Baltimore Sun and New York Herald. Station 17, located on the desolate beaches of Pea Island, North Carolina, housed one such unit, and Richard Etheridge - the only black man to lead a lifesaving crew - was its captain.
Ship Ashore!: The U.S. Lifesavers of Coastal North Carolina by Joe A. Mobley
Book Description: Recounts events leading to the establishment of 29 lifesaving stations along North Carolina's treacherous coastline and the role of their gallant lifesavers in the state's maritime history. Included are dramatic accounts of numerous shipwrecks and the daring rescues of their victims. The paperbound volume is illustrated with more than 75 photographs, engravings, and maps.
The Coast Guardsman's Manual by George E., Captain Krietemeyer Avg. Customer Rating:
Book Description: Regardless of rank or time in service, all Coast Guard personnel find this manual to be essential to their professional development. Its value as a ready source of guidance is attested to by generations of men and women who have made it a part of their personal libraries since 1952, when the first edition was published. Today, it remains the basic training manual for entry-level personnel at enlisted and officer training schools. This ninth edition brings the reader into the Coast Guard of the twenty-first century. It contains new photographs that fully describe the modern Coast Guard and its equipment. It also provides updated information on shipboard life, maritime law enforcement, environmental health, shore duty, physical fitness, and other subjects, while it continues to emphasize safety of life, protection of national assets, and enforcement of federal statutes. Appendixes include a brief history of the Coast Guard, a glossary of nautical terminology, and the Armed Forces Code of Conduct.
Graveyard of the Atlantic: Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast by David Stick, Frank Stick (Illustrator) Avg. Customer Rating:
Book Description: This is a factual account of hundreds of dramatic losses, heroic rescues, and violent adventures at the stormy meeting place of northern and southern winds and water - the Graveyard of the Atlantic off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Seasoned by Salt: A Historical Album of the Outer Banks by Rodney Barfield Avg. Customer Rating:
Book Description: The Outer Banks of North Carolina have had a lively and sometimes lurid history going back four centuries. These barrier islands, frequently battered by storms and hurricanes, were the site of the first English colony in North America and figured prominently in the Civil War. The hundreds of shipwrecks off their shores have earned the Outer Banks a reputation as the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic.'
Rodney Barfield has assembled here more than 160 historic photographs and drawings, most of them never before published, to create a remarkable visual portrait of the Outer Banks' history and the people who lived it. Focusing especially on the nineteenth century but including some images from earlier and later periods, the book is a family album of life and work on the Banks. The photographs, accompanied by substantive captions and introductory text, document both well-known and obscure elements of the islands' past, including lighthouses, shipwrecks and rescue crews, fishing, whaling, porpoise hunting, boatbuilding, and home life.
