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Frederick Stonehouse

Wreck Ashore: U.S. Life-Saving Service, Legendary Heroes of the Great Lakes

Lake Superior Port Cities Inc. (May 28, 2003)

9780942235586

| Paperback

224 pages | 216 x 274 mm

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Dewey 973

Subject

History / Military / United States
History / United States / General
Lifesaving
Lifesaving Stations
Rescues

Plot

From stormy shipwrecks to catastrophic disasters, the lifesavers were always there, risking their lives to save others. From the mid-1780s until it transformed into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915, the U.S. Life-Saving Service was responsible for safety on the seas. This historic look into our earliest heroes on the Great Lakes is now back in print. Illustrated with historic b/w pictures.