Sand Pounders, 1998
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Author : Robert F. Bennett
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Page : 202 pages
File Size : 25,53 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Lifesaving stations
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In January 1915, two Treasury Department agencies merged to form the United States Coast Guard. One of these agencies, the United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS) had been created in August 1848 for the purpose of rescuing people who were ship-wrecked on the coast of New Jersey. That federal organization, manned primarily by volunteers, was reorganized in 1870 to included paid surfmen who patrolled our coastline during stormy seasons. Eventually the scope of the USLSS included the nation's Atlantic, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and Alaskan coats. For 44 years, the surfmen of the USLSS dutifully pounded their feet along mostly sandy pathways in all kinds of weather, occasionally discovering a vessel in distress and, then, acting to initiate the rescue operations that would demand their fullest participation. And, sometimes, even their sacrifice. These surfmen have been called "sandpounders." It was a title that they could wear proudly. This is the story of that organization as gleaned from the official Annual Reports of the USLSS and the correspondence files of the National Archives.
Author : John Willis
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,38 MB
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781557833419
Covers American and foreign films released in the United States each year, with listings of credits and profiles of screen personalities and award winners
Author : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher : Causey Enterprises, LLC
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
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Author : William H. Privette
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Page : 206 pages
File Size : 25,33 MB
Release : 1999
Category : British Americans
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Author : Dallas Morning News
Publisher : Dallas Morning News
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1997-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780914511250
Provides statistical information about Texas such as government, economic, educational, business, agricultural, religious and cultural.
Author : David Veasey
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 29,72 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738504179
From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, New Jersey's low-lying, sandy coast has been the site of thousands of shipwrecks as ships bound for New York City or Philadelphia foundered on its offshore shoals. As coastal and international trade dramatically increased after the War of 1812, the federal government was forced to increase safety aids to mariners. To ensure their safe passage, a series of lighthouses was built and the U.S. Life-Saving Service was created. More than two centuries of the history of New Jersey's treacherous coast are preserved in Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations. Gathered from a wide array of sources, more than 200 historic photographs and fascinating, documented text combine to create the only illustrated history of the state's thirty-eight lighthouses and forty-one life-saving stations. Sandy Hook, built in 1764, is the nation's oldest operating lighthouse. Navesink's Twin Lights was the first lighthouse to use electricity and was the home of Marconi's early radio experiments. From the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, which once served as a lighthouse, to Cape May Point, and up the Delaware Bay and River, the fascinating story of protecting mariners from perils "Down the Shore" is presented and preserved in Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations.
Author : Richard Greggory Johnson
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 30,56 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781433105135
A Twenty-first Century Approach to Teaching Social Justice: Educating for Both Advocacy and Action defines social justice in terms of the marginalization of groups including women, people of color, queers, working class/poor individuals, and individuals with disabilities. Sixteen original chapters provide new and insightful perspectives on topics ranging from global transgender awareness and action to religious pluralism. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the state of equality in our society, this book will provide undergraduate and graduate students, as well as other readers, with an awareness of various social justice issues and how to develop strategies for social change.
Author : United States Coast Guard Academy. Alumni Association
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Page : 638 pages
File Size : 31,15 MB
Release : 2000
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Author : Andrew Gulliford
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 33,57 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826333100
The first collection of essays on public history in the American West.