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OverviewRiley Shepard Brown has recounted the history of the United States Coast Guard, from its inception in 1790 until the outset of World War I. From the Revenue Marine to the Coast Guard Iron Men, Wooden Ships The Coast Guard in the Great War The Morro Castle Disaster SOS! The Sea Is a Killer Death Goes to Sea Wings and Men Guardians of the Sea Lanes Dots and Dashes Floods and Hurricanes The Coast Guard and the Future Full Product DetailsAuthor: Riley Shepard BrownPublisher: Sunbury Press, Inc. Imprint: Sunbury Press, Inc. Edition: 2nd Revised ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.263kg ISBN: 9798888190753Pages: 174 Publication Date: 22 February 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRiley Shepard Brown (1911-1992) was a longtime resident of New Jersey and well-known columnist in the Moorestown Sunday Courier Post. Brown grew up in Cordele, Georgia, and wrote often of his Southern heritage, and had a keen interest in the Civil War. He played football at the University of Georgia and minor league baseball in the South and Southwest. After service in the Coast Guard during World War II, he made a living writing detective stories. Even after joining N. W. Ayer and Son, where he was an advertising writer and executive for 20 years, he continued to write magazine articles and television and movie screenplays. He was working on two novels when he passed.Brown's favorite work was his biography of a Confederate officer, Stringfellow of the Fourth, published in 1960. He also wrote a history of the US Coast Guard. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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