Lifesavers of the South Shore:: A History of Rescue and Loss (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596292246)

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.

Author: John Galluzzo
ISBN-10: 1596292245
ISBN-13: 9781596292246
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.70w x 0.40d