29309. Biggs, Jerry. Rescue and Refuge: Florida. Trent’s Publishing. 2008.
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29309. Biggs, Jerry. Rescue and Refuge: Florida. Trent’s Publishing. 2008.
- Biggs, Jerry. Rescue and Refuge: Florida. Trent’s Publishing. 2008. 122p. Soft wraps. Lavishly illustrated with 122 vintage and contemporary black and white and color photos, paintings and more. Rescue And Refuge: Florida was written by veteran observer Jerry Biggs to fill a missing gap in Florida’s maritime lore. The U.S. Life-Saving Service, and its successor, the U.S. Coast Guard contributed greatly in establishing Florida’s shoreline frontier. This book covers all of Florida’s coastal stations with true-life heroic rescue tales of shipwreck survivors, homicide on the high seas, hurricanes, primitive living conditions, “long periods of isolation broken by moments of sheer terror”. But there were good times also and a few chuckles to relieve the tension. Almost every page is beautifully illustrated with rare vintage views of the men and the stations that they manned. (M). $21.95.