That Others Might Live: The U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1878-1915

Now for the first time in a full-length book, the author presents an operational history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and places the agency within a national context, shedding light on a little-known aspect of maritime history. The book includes numerous photographs and other illustrations of the people, equipment, and exploits of this service and covers many out-off-the-way stations about which little has been published.