The U.S. Life-Saving Service

The U.S. Life-Saving Service
Author: Ralph C. Shanks
Publisher: Costano Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Coast Guard-History
ISBN: 9780930268169

Subtitled Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard, this very complete record of the people, technology, architecture and exploits of the U.S. Life-Saving Service is a large-format book illustrated with 446 photographs and maps. It is especially strong on the wonderful and regionally varied architecture of the Service's stations, of which there were more than today's mariners or beachcombers can imagine -- 41 on the New Jersey coast, 31 on Lake Michigan, 13 on Cape Cod alone. In the last half of the nineteenth century, when coasting vessels numbered in the tens of thousands, the stations and their beach patrols were a necessity, and the surfmen managed dramatic rescues, many of which are recounted here.

Setting Course

Setting Course
Author: Sharon Anne Babaian
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN:

"[A historical study that] breaks down the history of marine navigation in Canada into three broad categories of technology: shipboard navigation, charting, and shore-based navigational aids"--Page v.