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Author : Willard Flint
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (287 download)
Download or read book A History of U.S. Lightships written by Willard Flint and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Floca
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481409875
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Lightship written by Brian Floca and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe waters. In these pages one lightship and her crew (and cat) again hold their place. The crew goes again from bow to stern, from keel to mast, to run their engines, shine their lights, and sound their horns. They run the small ship that guides the large ships. They are the crew (and cat) that work to make the ocean safe, that hold their place, so other ships can sail. Come aboard!
Author : Thomas Schoenewolff
Publisher : Rosedog Press
ISBN 13 : 9781434996244
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Lightships of the United States of America written by Thomas Schoenewolff and published by Rosedog Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description, history, crews, photographs, details of lighthouse ships moored off the coasts of the Northeast United States.
Author : William Henry Davenport Adams
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Story of Our Lighthouses and Lightships written by William Henry Davenport Adams and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas Schoenewolff
Publisher : Rosedog Press
ISBN 13 : 9781434996251
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Lightships of the United States of America, Volume II - Southeast written by Thomas Schoenewolff and published by Rosedog Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description, history, crews, photographs, details of lighthouse ships moored off the coasts of Southeastern United States.
Author : Bernie Webber
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1627340629
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)
Download or read book Lightships, Lighthouses, and Lifeboat Stations written by Bernie Webber and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lightships, Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations is part history book, part memoir, written by Bernie Webber, recipient of the Coast Guard’s highest award, the Gold Life-saving Medal, and hero of the Disney movie The Finest Hours. While the public will recognize Webber’s name from the movie and the bestselling book by the same name, few people know that during his lengthy Coast Guard career he served on lightships (ships anchored in dangerous areas to warn other vessels of hazards) in addition to lifeboat stations (small boat rescue stations) and lighthouses. Webber poses the following question: “How did the lightship men cope with the isolation, constant loneliness, boredom, fear, or just sheer terror? All were part of life on board a lightship. Rough seas tossed the ship about, rearing up and down the anchor chain. This was a world of isolation, noise from operating machinery, and blasts from the powerful foghorn that went on for hours, sometimes days, at a time.” Webber answers that question in this book, drawing on a combination of personal experience and meticulous historical research. Discussions of men going mad, lightships being run down by larger ships, anchor chains breaking, and lightships cast upon shoals are offset with humorous stories and the author’s reflections on his best days at sea. Webber also explains some of the heroic actions of a few lightship men over the years, and points out that they received no recognition at the time. The isolation these men faced was intense, but they learned to make do with what they had. Fourteen historic photos are included, as well as a Foreword by Michael Tougias.
Author : Thomas Schoenewolff
Publisher : Rosedog Press
ISBN 13 : 9781434996268
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Lightships of the United States of America, Volume III - Gulf, Western, Great Lakes written by Thomas Schoenewolff and published by Rosedog Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description, history, crews, photographs, details of lighthouse ships moored off the coasts of the Gulf, Western, and Great Lakes States.
Author : Dennis L Noble
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 161251345X
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Lighthouses and Keepers written by Dennis L Noble and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States. Among the most recognized structures of the maritime world, these lonely sentinels by the sea have long been the subject of paintings and photographs. Today they continue to capture public imagination as Americans flock to their sites for visits and volunteer to help preserve these endangered structures. This book covers all aspects of the subject, not only lighthouses and lightships but buoys, buoy tenders, fog signals, and their keepers. The work is as rich in historical information as it is in rarely seen photographs, and fourteen maps guide readers to the exact locations of the lighthouses. Readers are also treated to stories of shipwrecks and rescues, including the extraordinary story of Ida Lewis, head keeper of the light at Lime Rock, Rhode Island, who rescued eighteen people from the sea.
Author : George Rockwell Putnam
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016113946
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Lighthouses and Lightships of the United States written by George Rockwell Putnam and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Lighthouse Service Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Willard Flint
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Lightships of the United States Government written by Willard Flint and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434941396
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Lightships of the United States of America, Volume III - Gulf, Western, Great Lakes written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book United States Coast Guard Annotated Bibliography written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Theodore J. Karamanski
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299326306
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Mastering the Inland Seas written by Theodore J. Karamanski and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore J. Karamanski's sweeping maritime history demonstrates the far-ranging impact that the tools and infrastructure developed for navigating the Great Lakes had on the national economies, politics, and environment of continental North America. Synthesizing popular as well as original historical scholarship, Karamanski weaves a colorful narrative illustrating how disparate private and government interests transformed these vast and dangerous waters into the largest inland water transportation system in the world. Karamanski explores both the navigational and sailing tools of First Nations peoples and the dismissive and foolhardy attitude of early European maritime sailors. He investigates the role played by commercial boats in the Underground Railroad, as well as how the federal development of crucial navigational resources exacerbated sectionalism in the antebellum United States. Ultimately Mastering the Inland Sea shows the undeniable environmental impact of technologies used by the modern commercial maritime industry. This expansive story illuminates the symbiotic relationship between infrastructure investment in the region's interconnected waterways and North America's lasting economic and political development.
Author : David L. Cipra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780963641212
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Lighthouses, Lightships, and the Gulf of Mexico written by David L. Cipra and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ISBN 0963641212 LCCN 96072414.
Author : Frederick A. Talbot
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Lightships and Lighthouses written by Frederick A. Talbot and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Mariners Weather Log written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
