Nautical Newburyport: A History of Captains, Clipper Ships and the Coast Guard, Hardcover - Dyke Hendrickson

Reducere. Newburyport was once the most dangerous harbor on the East Coast and one of its most prosperous. Local captains and sailors led the nation to battl...

In 1790, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton asked President George Washington to fund a fleet of "revenue cutters" that could halt smuggling and...

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Reducere. While the Coast Guard's many battles at sea in the War on Drugs are widely known, its participation in the ground offensive is not. Indeed, the Gua...

The history of Maine has always been inextricably tied to its coastline. The sea first brought settlers, and the rich fishing and shipbuilding indu...

No other special force in history has a mystique equal to that of ancient Rome's thoroughbred protection and counter-insurgency squadron--the renow...

Reducere. The Taney was one of seven Secretary-class cutters built for the US Coast Guard during the Great Depression. Commissioned in 1936, she served conti...

Reducere. On February 18, 1952, off the coast of Cape Cod, a fierce nor'easter snapped in half two 503-foot oil tankers, the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer. H...

Reducere. Exciting rescue stories on the high seasThe Coast Guard's rescue personnel are second to none, and Coast Guard air and sea rescue missions have bee...

Reducere. Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in U.S. Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. Well-crafted, this lively and engaging history will rejuvenate one's pride in the American military with its little-known details of the Coast Guar...

Established in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the compan...

Reducere. From Israel to Afghanistan. The definitive combat history of the F-15 Eagle and Strike Eagle...as told by the pilots who flew them.For more than fo...

Publisher: Galaxy PressAuthor(s): L. Ron HubbardNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 139 x 202 x 16Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. This book contains a complete copy of the Inland and International Navigation Rules as presented by the United States Coast Guard.

Reducere. Did you know there's a Coast Guard? You did? Well, I guess you don't need this book, then. OR DO YOU? See, the Coast Guard does a lot more than jus...

Reducere. From hermitages on wind-blasted holms to dour nineteenth-century preaching barns; from a splendid cathedral founded by a Norse earl to a Nissen hut...

Reducere. Fifty years ago Georgia chose how it would use the natural environment of its coast. The General Assembly passed the Coastal Marshlands Protection ...

Reducere. It was late November--one of the coldest periods to be on a ship near Alaska. The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis had run aground during a severe storm a...

Reducere. Follow the struggles and victories that shaped Brunswick County from the first contact of Europeans with native Americans, to the successive admini...

DescriptionA revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of HMS Britannic---her life at sea and on the seabed--by the owner of her wreck. Launched in 1...

Reducere. When the China Clipper shattered aviation records on its maiden six-day flight from California to the Orient in 1935, the flying boat became an ins...

Reducere. 25 Nautical fantasy images to color featuring, the lowbrow fantasy art by White Stag. Stag's art is adored by both young and old for its whimsical,...

Reducere. The seafood industry on the coast of Mississippi has attracted waves of immigrants and other workers--oftentimes folks who were either already acqu...

Reducere. Following Zebulon Pike's expeditions in the early nineteenth century, U.S. expansionists focused their gaze on the Southwest. Explorers, traders, s...

Reducere. DescriptionChatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail chronicles the lives and adventures of twenty-five men who traveled the seas from the eighteenth...

David Christie delves into his archives to present a wonderful, evocative unpublished photographs of a golden age of Calmac ships.

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I first became aware of the hand-written manuscript recording my grandfather's memories of his epic voyage in the clipper ship Teviotdale in 1876 w...

I first became aware of the hand-written manuscript recording my grandfather's memories of his epic voyage in the clipper ship Teviotdale in 1876 w...

Reducere. For nearly a century, Japanese writers gave voice to the anxieties of a nation headed inexorably toward war. Not just any war, but one that in the ...

Reducere. A breathtakingly original work of history that uncovers a massive enslaved persons' revolt that almost changed the face of the Americas On Sunday, ...

Reducere. Captains of the City Streets is another trip into the world of the legendary Cat Club of Greenwich Village. Two adventurous young cats--Sinbad and ...

Reducere. Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of storms. In the early nineteenth century, storm-driven shipwreck...

Reducere. The Treasure Coast is such a popular destination that some choose to never leave. From the spirits of ancient Indians who once inhabited the beache...

Reducere. Under the hot summer sun, vacationers stroll the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, chewing saltwater taffy and listening to the gulls raucous cackle. Few r...

A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States "Engrossing. . . . Astonishing...

Reducere. DescriptionA Legacy in Brick and Stone by John Weaver IIThe definitive history of the American Third System of Fortifications that defended our coa...

This title introduces readers to vehicles and equipment used by the US Coast Guard, from helicopters to life jackets. The title features informativ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera traces the development of the Florida-Alabama coast as a tourist destination from the late 1...

Reducere. We Stand on Guard for Whom? is the first book to present a history of the Canadian military from the perspective of its victims. In his eleventh bo...

Reducere. Since the beginning of commerce on the Great Lakes there has been a desire to build larger and more efficient ships. Beginning in the nineteenth ce...

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Reducere. It was late November--one of the coldest periods to be on a ship near Alaska. The Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis had run aground during a severe storm a...