Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast is the third in a series of titles offering a unique tribute to the men and women who protected the mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline. Thousands of vessels faced the dangers of the rugged sea which caused hundreds of shipwrecks off the coast with devastating losses. Author James Claflin combines a thoroughly descriptive text with this diverse collection of over two hundred vintage images, from private as well as museum collections, to create an illustrated history of an area strongly reliant on its coastal trade. The U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, which later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard, assumed the responsibility of lighting and protecting the coasts. Inside, you will see the lighthouse keeper at Bullock's Point Light as he surveys the damage from the Hurricane of 1938, witness the life savers at Block Island's Sandy Point Station where first word of the wreck of the steamer Larchmont was received, and experience life on an offshore lightship. The book guides you through the days of the life savers-the work they performed, their rescues, and the evolution of their architecture through the years.
- New eBooks
- Available Now!
- Top 500 Fiction eBooks
- Top 500 Nonfiction eBooks
- Try Something Different
- Travel Back in Time
- See all
- New Audiobooks
- Available Now!
- Top 500 Fiction Audiobooks
- Top 500 Nonfiction Audiobooks
- Find a Good Biography
- Try Something Different
- See all
- Belly Laughs
- New Additions
- Young Love
- No Wait, These Books Are Great: Kids & Teens
- Available Now!
- Most Popular Kids Titles
- Popular Teen Reads
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- See all