Us Life-Saving Service: Florida's East Coast - Couverture rigide

Thurlow, Sandra; Dring, Timothy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 154020183X ISBN 13 : 9781540201836

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2016

Synopsis

Ten houses of refuge, unique to Florida s east coast, were constructed by the US Life-Saving Service between 1876 and 1886. When ships traveling along the almost uninhabited coast were grounded or wrecked on reefs, survivors often made it to land but had no way to reach civilization. House of refuge keepers and their families provided food and shelter to victims of shipwrecks. The keepers lives were monotonous but punctuated with the excitement of an occasional shipwreck. The US Life-Saving Service provided the framework on which the east coast of Florida developed. With the establishment of the US Coast Guard in 1915, the Life-Saving Service houses of refuge became Coast Guard stations."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 154020183X
• ISBN 13: 9781540201836
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible