| Lifesavers of the South Shore:: A History of Rescue and Loss Contributor(s): Galluzzo, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596292245 ISBN-13: 9781596292246 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 Annotation: However cruelly the rocks of Massachusetts's South Shore have treated storm-driven sailors, there can be no questioning the selflessness and courage of the keepers and surfmen who played host to the no man's land between frozen beach and gale-tossed sea. Read John Galluzzo's enthralling account of the Life-Saving Service and meet legends like Joshua James, whose surfboat, Nantasket, once saved twenty-nine men from six boats in a grueling thirty-six hours. Chart a course through the service s history, from its humble beginning in the refuge huts built after the American Revolution until its absorption into the U.S. Coast Guard in the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 363.286 |
| LCCN: 2008013256 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.7" W x 9.5" (0.75 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England |