BOOKS IN PRINT ON COAST GUARD HISTORY

Recently Published:

Peter Capelotti. Rogue Wave: The Coast Guard on and after 9/11. Washington, DC: USCG, 2004.

Richard Alden Hoffman. The Fighting Flying Boat: A History of the Martin PBM Mariner. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004.

Todd Lewans. The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas. Harper Collins, 2004.

Lennart Lundh.  Sikorsky HH-52A: An Illustrated History.  Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2004.

The Lighthouse Encyclopedia.  Norwalk, CT: The Eaton Press, 2004.

Thomas P. Ostrom. The United States Coast Guard: 1790 to the Present.  Oakland, Oregon: Red Anvil Press, 2004.

Maurice "Moe" Steinberg.  A Sailor at War on the Greenland Patrol - WWII.  Random House/Xlibris, 2003.  (See www1.xlibris.com for more information.)

Paul Stillwell (Interviewer). The Reminiscences of Admiral James S. Gracey, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired). Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 2004. ** Also on-line; click here ("pdf" file).

Paul Stillwell (Interviewer). The Reminiscences of Admiral Paul A. Yost, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (Retired). Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 2004.

Frederick Stonehouse. Wreck Ashore: The United States Life-Saving Service on the Great Lakes. Duluth, MN: Lake Superior Port Cities, Inc., 1994. Reprinted 2003.

Michael Walling.  Bloodstained Sea: The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944. International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2004.

Other Books On Coast Guard History That Are Still In Print:

T. Lindsay Baker. Lighthouses of Texas. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 2001. Second edition.

Albert W. Becker, Sr. U.S.S. Muskogee PF-49: World War II Adventures in the Southwest Pacific; South Pacific; North Pacific. By the author, 2000.  [For information contact the author at 10450 2nd Rd., Plainview, IL  62685; phone number: (618)-836-7142; email: budbecker80@yahoo.com]

Robert F. Bennett. Surfboats, Rockets and Carronades. Toms River, NJ: Ocean County Historical Society, 2003, reprint.

R. John Brockmann.  Exploding Steamboats, Senate Debates, and Technical Reports: The Convergence of Technology, Politics and Rhetoric in the Steamboat Bill of 1838.  Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, 2002.

Dawson Carr. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: Sentinel of the Shoals. Revised and updated. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

Richard Chenery, III. Old Coast Guard Stations, Volume One: Virginia: Popes Island to False Cape. The Dietz Press, 1998.

________. Old Coast Guard Stations, Volume II: North Carolina. Glen Allen, VA: Station Books, 2000.

David L. Cipra. Lighthouses, Lightships, and the Gulf of Mexico. Alexandria, Virginia: Cypress Communications, Inc., 1997.

James Claflin. Historic Cape Cod Lighthouses: Race Point. Worcester, MA: Kenrick A. Claflin & Son, 2003.

________. Historic Nantucket Lighthouses: Great Point.  A History of Nantucket's Lighthouses on Great Point. Worcester, MA: Kenrick A. Claflin & Son, 2004.

________. Historic Nantucket Lighthouses: Sankaty Head.  A History of Nantucket's Lighthouse at Sankaty Head.  Worcester, MA: Kenrick A. Claflin & Son, 2003.

________. Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Massachusetts Coast. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1998.

________. Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 1999.

________. Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001.

J. Candace Clifford & Mary Louise Clifford. Nineteenth-Century Lights: Historic Images of American Lighthouses. Alexandria, VA: Cypress Communications, 2000.

________. Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. Alexandria, VA, 2000. Second Edition.

Russell Drumm. The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage From the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Robert H. Farson. Twelve Men Down: Massachusetts Sea Rescues. Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications, 2000.

Van R. Field. Wrecks and Rescues on Long Island, The Story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service. East Patchogue, NY: Searles Graphics, Inc. [the author], 1997.  [For information contact the author at 17 Inwood Road, Center Moriches, NY 11934]

Cheryl Anne Finnerty. Lighthouses of Boston Harbor: Past & Present. Seminole, FL: Harbor Productions, Inc., 2001.

Charles B. Hathaway. From Highland to Hammerhead: The Coast Guard and Cape Cod. Chatham, MA: By the author, 2000. [For more information contact the author at 42 Lakeview Avenue, Chatham, MA 02633.]

Phil Jaffe. The 1954 Historic Arctic Adventure of the Northwind. Tempe, AZ: Third Millennium Publishing, 2003. [See http://3mpub.com for information on ordering copies.]

Robert Erwin Johnson. Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1987.

Steven Karges. Keepers of the Lights: Lighthouse Keepers & Their Families. Door County, Wisconsin: 1837-1939. Ellison Bay, Wisconsin: Caxon Ltd., 2000.

C. Douglas Kroll. Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf: First Commandant of the Coast Guard. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002.

Alex Larzelere. The Coast Guard in World War I. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003.

Alex Larzelere. The 1980 Cuban Boatlift: Castro's Ploy - America's Dilemma. The University Press of the Pacific, 2002. (Reprint of the 1988 National Defense University Press edition.)

Alex Larzelere. The Coast Guard at War: Vietnam, 1965-1975. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997.

Eric Mills.  Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties. Centreville, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 2000.

Edgar Nash. The Court-Martial of Ensign Mason. Modesto, CA: by the author, 2001. [The author notes: "the book is based on my experiences during WWII as Gunnery Officer aboard a destroyer escort, with duty in the Med, UK and Atlantic. Before and after being torpedoed in the Med. Many photos were taken from my ship, including the horrendous explosion used on the cover. I believe Coast Guard people, past and present will enjoy it, for it bears heavily on the Academy. For information on ordering, contact the author via email: ramblersoup@bigvalley.net]

Dennis L. Noble. Lifeboat Sailors: Inside the Coast Guard's Small Boat Stations. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, 2000.

________. The Rescue of the Gale Runner: Death, Heroism, and the U.S. Coast Guard. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002.

J. W. Perkins, J. W. Battle Stars and Naval Awards: Including Presidential Unit Citations and Navy Unit Commendations Earned by the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps During World War II and Korea. Seminole: FL: By The Author, 1999. See author's website for information on ordering:  www.BattleStarsAndNavalAwards.com

Douglas Peterson. United States Lighthouse Service Tenders: 1840-1939. Annapolis & Trappe, Maryland: Eastwind Publishing, 2000.

William Peterson. United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing Company, 2000.

Jack E. Pulwers. The Press of Battle: The GI Reporter and the American People. Raleigh, NC: Ivyhouse Publishing Group, 2003.

Paul C. Scotti. Coast Guard Action in Vietnam: Stories of Those Who Served. Central Point, Oregon: Hellgate Press, 2000. To order a copy please contact:

Hellgate Press
P.O. Box 3727
Central Point, OR 97502-0032
Telephone: (800) 228-2275
Web: www.psi-research.com

Ralph Shanks, Wick York, & Lisa Woo Shanks (Editor). The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, California: Costano Books, 1996.

Lenore Skomal. The Keeper of Lime Rock: The Remarkable True Story of Ida Lewis, America's Most Celebrated Lighthouse Keeper. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Running Press, 2003.

Sally R. Snowman & James G. Thomson. Boston Light: A Historical Perspective. Plymouth, MA: Snowman Learning Center, 1999.

Truman R. Strobridge & Dennis L. Noble. Alaska and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service: 1867-1915. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1999.

C. W. Swickley. Kicking Tires and Lighting Fires: Coast Guard Aviation As It Made the Leap From Recips To Jets. Pensacola, FL: By the Author, 1996.

John A. Tilley. The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary: A History, 1939-1999. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003. 

Robert Trapani, Jr. Indian River Life-Saving Station . . . Journey Along the Sands: The U.S. Life-Saving Service Years, 1876-1915. Virginia Beach: The Donning Company Publishers, 2002.

Uzoigwe, Chioma Ada.  The Ship Is Healy.  Bloomfield, NJ: Reedbuck, 1999.

David Veasey. Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing Co., 2000.

Spike Walker. Coming Back Alive: The Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas. St. Martin's Press, 2001.

Carole Weatherford. Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks. Coastal Carolina Press, 1999.

Graham Wilson, ed. Where the Ice Never Melts: The 1888 and 1889 Voyages of the US Cutter Thetis. Yukon, Canada: Wolf Creek Books, 2003.

David Wright & David Zoby. Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.

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