That Others Might Live: The U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1878-1915 [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 177 pages
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press; illustrated edition edition (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557506272
• ISBN-13: 978-1557506276
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #795,611 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating history of an ancestor of the US Coast Guard, September 6, 2003

By	Joseph T. Reeves (Fort Meade, MD USA) - See all my reviews

Dennis L. Noble fills in a longstanding gap in the history of the US Coast Guard by detailing the trials and accomplishments of the US Life-Saving Service. The book is a brief but comprehensive chronicle of how a relatively few people made a difference in protecting shipwrecked mariners. Noble provides details of the daily lives of those who served as well as their equipment. The narrative is crisp and quick-paced, but doesn't skimp on the details.

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Coast Guard MUST READ book, January 4, 2005

By	Mario M. Vittone (Chesapeake, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Toughness isn't new, nor sacrifice, nor valor. Denis Noble, again, does a perfect job in explaining the reality of the history of our great service. Buy it. Read it.

7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an outstanding text!, April 30, 1999

By A Customer

This is an outstanding work that brings to life these heros of the surf. Much of the Life-Saving service has been forgotten, but Noble brings new life to the history of the service. He is an outstanding researcher and a terrific writer. Being an author of Great Lakes maritime history myself, I looked very carefully at this writer's work and found it to be very complete and highly detailed. I will add all of his books to my personal research library.-Wes Oleszewski, Great Lakes author.