Finished Reading This One
Ever since vacationing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I've been interested in the U.S. Lifesaving Service, the guys who pre-empted the Coast Guard and managed the land part of water rescue involving shipwrecks. I found this book at the San Francisco Maritime Museum bookstore and skipped ahead to the lifesaving chapters. Well written, and an amazing look a the inside story of surf rescue heroics in the late 19th century.