Lighthouses And Life Saving Along The Maine And New Hampshire Coast

Author : James Claflin,James W. Claflin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0738503193

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Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast by James Claflin,James W. Claflin Pdf

Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline. With thousands of vessels plying the dangerous waters, the chance of a shipping disaster was always great. Hundreds of shipwrecks did indeed occur off the coast with startling losses. Through descriptive text and a variety of vintage images from private as well as museum collections, we get a rare glimpse into the lives of the dedicated government men and women. Author James Claflin combines an extensively researched text with this exquisite collection of previously unpublished images to tell the story of an area heavily dependent on its coastal commerce. The task of lighting and protecting the coasts was taken on by the U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard. Within these pages, see the Boon Island Lighthouse keeper, his family alongside, as he proudly poses in his uniform; life savers at Hunniwells Beach station as they pull through a blinding snowstorm to rescue the crew of a stranded schooner; and the way of life on an offshore lightship. Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a visual journey into our nation's maritime history.

Author : James Claflin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-27
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439610398

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Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast by James Claflin Pdf

Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners as they traveled along New England’s rocky coastline. With thousands of vessels plying the dangerous waters, the chance of a shipping disaster was always great. Hundreds of shipwrecks did indeed occur off the coast with startling losses. Through descriptive text and a variety of vintage images from private as well as museum collections, we get a rare glimpse into the lives of the dedicated government men and women. Author James Claflin combines an extensively researched text with this exquisite collection of previously unpublished images to tell the story of an area heavily dependent on its coastal commerce. The task of lighting and protecting the coasts was taken on by the U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard. Within these pages, see the Boon Island Lighthouse keeper, his family alongside, as he proudly poses in his uniform; life savers at Hunniwells Beach station as they pull through a blinding snowstorm to rescue the crew of a stranded schooner; and the way of life on an offshore lightship. Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a visual journey into our nation’s maritime history.

Author : James W. Claflin
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-10
Category : History
ISBN : 153160210X

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Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast by James W. Claflin Pdf

Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a unique tribute to the men and women who protected mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline. With thousands of vessels plying the dangerous waters, the chance of a shipping disaster was always great. Hundreds of shipwrecks did indeed occur off the coast with startling losses. Through descriptive text and a variety of vintage images from private as well as museum collections, we get a rare glimpse into the lives of the dedicated government men and women. Author James Claflin combines an extensively researched text with this exquisite collection of previously unpublished images to tell the story of an area heavily dependent on its coastal commerce. The task of lighting and protecting the coasts was taken on by the U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard. Within these pages, see the Boon Island Lighthouse keeper, his family alongside, as he proudly poses in his uniform; life savers at Hunniwells Beach station as they pull through a blinding snowstorm to rescue the crew of a stranded schooner; and the way of life on an offshore lightship. Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast is a visual journey into our nation's maritime history.

Author : James Claflin
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0738505129

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Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast by James Claflin Pdf

Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast is the third in a series of titles offering a unique tribute to the men and women who protected the mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline. Thousands of vessels faced the dangers of the rugged sea which caused hundreds of shipwrecks off the coast with devastating losses. Author James Claflin combines a thoroughly descriptive text with this diverse collection of over two hundred vintage images, from private as well as museum collections, to create an illustrated history of an area strongly reliant on its coastal trade. The U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, which later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard, assumed the responsibility of lighting and protecting the coasts. Inside, you will see the lighthouse keeper at Bullock's Point Light as he surveys the damage from the Hurricane of 1938, witness the life savers at Block Island's Sandy Point Station where first word of the wreck of the steamer Larchmont was received, and experience life on an offshore lightship. The book guides you through the days of the life savers-the work they performed, their rescues, and the evolution of their architecture through the years.

Author : Van R. Field,John J. Galluzzo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0738535915

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New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners by Van R. Field,John J. Galluzzo Pdf

With its many inlets, points, and coves, the coast of New Jersey stood out as a haven for rumrunners brazenly thumbing their nose at the federal government during Prohibition. New Jersey was also recognized as the birthplace of the federal government's shore-based units of the United States Coast Guard, the organization charged at that time with stopping the flow of "demon run" into America. With its vivid images, New Jersey Coast Guard Stations and Rumrunners revives the days when New Jersey's "coasties" stood toe-to-toe with the rumrunners of the 1920s and 1930s.

Author : Frederick Douglass
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780300246810

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The Frederick Douglass Papers by Frederick Douglass Pdf

The journalism and personal writings of the great American abolitionist and reformer Frederick Douglass Launching the fourth series of The Frederick Douglass Papers, designed to introduce readers to the broadest range of Frederick Douglass's writing, this volume contains sixty-seven pieces by Douglass, including articles written for North American Review and the New York Independent, as well as unpublished poems, book transcriptions, and travel diaries. Spanning from the 1840s to the 1890s, the documents reproduced in this volume demonstrate how Douglass's writing evolved over the five decades of his public life. Where his writing for publication was concerned mostly with antislavery advocacy, his unpublished works give readers a glimpse into his religious and personal reflections. The writings are organized chronologically and accompanied by annotations offering biographical information as well as explanations of events mentioned and literary or historical allusions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Archives
ISBN : UVA:X001835249

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Prologue by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015026504335

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Merchant Vessels of the United States... by United States. Coast Guard Pdf

Author : Allan Wood
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0764340786

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New England Lighthouses by Allan Wood Pdf

"New England is known to have one of the most rugged coastlines in the world. This book was developed to provide the reader a series of stories that encompass the brave men and women of New England who risked their lives at or near New England's lighthouses. These individuals were not only part of the lighthouse, lifesaving, and revenue cutter government services of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but also encompass a town's own citizens, local mariners, or a ship's captain and crew, who would also risk their lives alongside their government counterparts in helping those in distress."--Preface.

Author : GEORGE RIPLEY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1606 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA A POPULAR DICTIONARY OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE by GEORGE RIPLEY Pdf

Author : George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015068381386

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The American Cyclopaedia by George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana Pdf

Author : George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Encyclopedias
ISBN : HARVARD:HN585Q

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The American Cyclopædia by George Ripley,Charles Anderson Dana Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Maritime law
ISBN : UCAL:B3256423

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Navigation Laws of the United States by United States Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Maritime law
ISBN : HARVARD:HL4NV3

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Navigation Laws of the United States, 1915 by United States Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : Maritime law
ISBN : UVA:35007004865345

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Navigation Laws of the United States, 1919 by United States Pdf