Shipwrecks & Rescues on the Coast of New Jersey 1875-1914: From the Annals of the U.S. Lifesaving Service and Contemporary Newspaper Accounts
Year: 2018 Language: English Author: Marie Levine Genre: History Publisher: Ocean Edge Books, L.L.C. Edition: Kindle ISBN: 978-1-7320646-1-4 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 347 Description: If you’re in the mood for tales of true heroism, read the accounts of shipwrecks and rescues by the U.S. Life-Saving Service, forerunner of today's U.S. Coast Guard. For centuries, the New Jersey coast had a treacherous reputation. Lacking navigational aids, studded with ship-snaring sandbars, savage nor'easters that pounded wooden ships to pieces, it was an unforgiving shore where mariners who reached the desolate beaches too often died of exposure. But most of all, applaud the courageous life-savers who, time after time, risked their own lives to save the lives of strangers.Sales of this book will be used to create a monument to honor the selflessness and bravery of these long-forgotten heroes of the New Jersey coast
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Shipwrecks & Rescues on the Coast of New Jersey 1875-1914: From the Annals of the U.S. Lifesaving Service and Contemporary Newspaper Accounts
Language: English
Author: Marie Levine
Genre: History
Publisher: Ocean Edge Books, L.L.C.
Edition: Kindle
ISBN: 978-1-7320646-1-4
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 347
Description: If you’re in the mood for tales of true heroism, read the accounts of shipwrecks and rescues by the U.S. Life-Saving Service, forerunner of today's U.S. Coast Guard. For centuries, the New Jersey coast had a treacherous reputation. Lacking navigational aids, studded with ship-snaring sandbars, savage nor'easters that pounded wooden ships to pieces, it was an unforgiving shore where mariners who reached the desolate beaches too often died of exposure. But most of all, applaud the courageous life-savers who, time after time, risked their own lives to save the lives of strangers.Sales of this book will be used to create a monument to honor the selflessness and bravery of these long-forgotten heroes of the New Jersey coast
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