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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very interesting
There are a few other good books on the old life-saving service, but this is the first one to focus on the Great Lakes. I bought it to discover my roots, since I've been a longtime lifeguard at a converted life-saving service station. While my station (Rogers Park) is only mentioned in passing, the great information and detail of other stations, keepers, and rescues...
Published on February 8, 1999 by Chris Serb
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Meticulous, but missing something.
This is an exhaustively researched book, with interesting photos and all sorts of detail. But it was a little short of the one thing I thought it would be filled with, given the title: Life saving. There's very little in the way of actual tales of rescue, and almost none until the last quarter of the book. I would have preferred a little less day to day minutae and...
Published on April 26, 1999
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very interesting,
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This review is from: Wreck Ashore: The United States Life-Saving Service on the Great Lakes (Paperback)
There are a few other good books on the old life-saving service, but this is the first one to focus on the Great Lakes. I bought it to discover my roots, since I've been a longtime lifeguard at a converted life-saving service station. While my station (Rogers Park) is only mentioned in passing, the great information and detail of other stations, keepers, and rescues kept me engaged. The writing's a little uneven but Stonehouse is a great researcher and obviously has a deep passion for the subject. The pictures & illustrations are top-notch.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Meticulous, but missing something.,
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This review is from: Wreck Ashore: The United States Life-Saving Service on the Great Lakes (Paperback)
This is an exhaustively researched book, with interesting photos and all sorts of detail. But it was a little short of the one thing I thought it would be filled with, given the title: Life saving. There's very little in the way of actual tales of rescue, and almost none until the last quarter of the book. I would have preferred a little less day to day minutae and a little more adventure.
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Wreck Ashore: The United States Life-Saving Service on the Great Lakes by Frederick Stonehouse (Paperback - May 1994)
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