Project Gutenberg 2013-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 73 Otis, James 1848 1912 Kaler, James Otis Orton, James K. The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service Produced by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Life Savers: A Story of the United States Life-Saving Service" by James Otis is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book details the origins and operations of the United States Life-Saving Service, focusing on the brave individuals who risk their lives to save others from shipwrecks along the American coast. The opening of the book introduces the beginnings of the Life-Saving Service, illustrating its evolution from a small voluntary group in the late 18th century to a more organized service by the late 19th century. It highlights significant figures, including Captain Sumner I. Kimball, who played a crucial role in reforming and empowering the service, leading to improved protocols and success in rescuing those in peril at sea. The narrative shifts to a specific event where a life-saving crew prepares for a potential rescue during a fierce winter storm, anticipating the imminent wreck of a large ship, showcasing the tension and urgency of their mission. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43961/43961-h/images/cover.jpg en Lifesaving -- Juvenile fiction United States. Life-Saving Service -- History -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 473893 473900 2024-09-18T11:57:40.945174 2023-09-19T07:47:34.813451 text/html text/html 497108 2013-10-15T17:50:16 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1261946 2013-10-15T17:51:54 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 1349394 2024-09-18T11:57:49.006157 application/epub+zip 1352837 2024-09-18T11:57:42.520161 application/epub+zip 247641 2024-09-18T11:57:41.720420 application/epub+zip 1500075 2024-09-18T11:57:53.926123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1455450 2024-09-18T11:57:48.108124 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354379 2022-09-20T05:20:03.340887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 417738 2024-09-18T11:57:39.680283 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 426636 2013-10-15T17:50:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 153873 2013-10-15T17:51:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 417399 2013-10-15T17:51:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152699 2013-10-15T17:51:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20430 2024-09-18T11:57:54.079102 application/rdf+xml 26574 2024-09-18T11:57:41.846156 image/jpeg 3469 2024-09-18T11:57:41.783149 image/jpeg 1262053 2024-09-18T11:57:41.046187 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog More titles under Prentice, Harry en.wikipedia