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U.S. Coast Guard
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A
Perfect Lady,
A
Pictorial History of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle,
Tido
Holtkamp, 2008. Using archival photographs, the author’s captions
present distinctive stories that shaped the character of America’s Tall
Ship. PB, 6 x 9, 160pp.
$19.95 T14662 |
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Coast Guardsman’s Manual,
Capt.
George E. Krietemeyer, USCG (Ret), Naval Institute Press, the 9th
edition, 2000. “Regardless of rank or time in service, all Coast Guard
personnel find this manual to be essential to their professional
development. “ PB, 5 x 8, 680pp.
$25.95 T1040 |
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Rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard,
Great Acts
of Heroism Since 1878,
Dennis
Noble, 2005. HC, 6 x 9, 300pp.
$32.95 T7995 |
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Rum
Runners, U-Boats, & Hurricanes,
The
Complete History of the Coast Guard Cutters Bedloe and Jackson,
Bryan
Galecki, 2005. Takes the reader from the rum running days of
Prohibition through the final moments in the hurricane of September
1944, and beyond to the discoveries of the shipwrecks half a century
later. Firsthand accounts by survivors give the details of their
ordeal, and in-depth analysis of technical data reveals that there was
more to this catastrophe than meets the eye. PB, 6 x 9, 305pp.
$19.95 T18143 |
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Sinbad of the Coast Guard,
The True
Story of the Ultimate Sea Dog,
George F.
Foley, Jr., Chief , USCG; illustrated by George Gray, USCGR;
introduction by Michel Walling. The friendly mongrel who was not just a
mascot, but a full-rated crewmember of the USCGC Campbell. HC, 6 x 9,
157pp.
$16.95 T14088 |
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So
Others May Live, Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying
Death, Martha LaGuardia, 2008.PB, 6 x 9, 272pp.
$15.95 T18609 |
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The
Last Run,
A True
Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas,
Todd Lewan,
2004. A desperate mission that made front page headlines. PB, 5 x 8,
368pp. $13.95 T14333 |
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The
U.S. Life-Saving Service,
Heroes,
Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard,
Ralph
Shanks and Wick York. PB, 8 ˝ x 11, 263pp.
$21.95 T14506 |
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They
Had to Go Out.
True
Stories of America’s Coastal LifeSavers From the Pages of “Wreck and
Rescue Journal.”
Foreword
by Frederick Stonehouse. From 1878 to 1915, the surfmen of the U.S.
Life-Saving Service, forerunner to today’s Coast Guard, rescued more
than 186,000 people from certain death in our ocean, lake, and river
waters. Here are the accounts of some of these rescues. PB, 5 ˝ x 8 ˝
, 202pp.
$16.95 T8347 |
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Rescue Warriors,
The U.S. Coast Guard, America's Forgotten Heroes, Davis Helvarg,
2009. Brings us the lives of the "Coasties" and dozens of their
death-defying rescues at sea and on hurricane-ravaged shores. PB,
5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 356pp.
$15.95 T3145 |
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