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Life and death at Cape Disappointment : becoming a surfman on the Columbia River Bar
- Title
- Life and death at Cape Disappointment : becoming a surfman on the Columbia River Bar / Christopher D'Amelio with Reid Maruyama.
- Author
- D'Amelio, Christopher J., 1974-
- Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Maruyama, Reid
- Description
- xi, 204 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The first-hand account of life as a surfman by one of the most skilled boat handlers in the Coast Guard at one of the USCG's most dangerous stations, Cape Disappointment in the state of Washington"--
- Alternative Title
- Becoming a surfman on the Columbia River Bar
- Subject
- D'Amelio, Christopher J., 1974-
- Cape Disappointment Coast Guard Station (Wash.) > Biography
- United States. Coast Guard > Search and rescue operations > Pacific Coast (U.S.)
- United States. Coast Guard > Biography
- United States. Coast Guard
- Lifesaving stations > Washington (State) > History
- Lifeboat service > United States > Biography
- Lifeboat service
- Lifesaving stations
- Search and rescue operations
- Columbia River Bar (Or. and Wash.) > History
- Ilwaco (Wash.) > Biography
- United States
- United States > Columbia River Bar
- United States > Pacific Coast
- Washington (State)
- Washington (State) > Ilwaco
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Red shoes -- Imperium Neptuni Regis : crossing the line -- Welcome to Cape Disappointment -- Reacting to the conditions -- Short tow, long tow, last tow -- The Graveyard of the Pacific -- Worst-case scenario : the Linnea -- Helmets on dead men -- "Always ready" -- The Peacock Spit case -- The Association for Rescue at Sea -- Last tow -- Farewell -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-8198
- ISBN
- 9781493058723
- 149305872X
- LCCN
- 2020052928
- OCLC
- 1224584335
- Author
- D'Amelio, Christopher J., 1974- author.
- Title
- Life and death at Cape Disappointment : becoming a surfman on the Columbia River Bar / Christopher D'Amelio with Reid Maruyama.
- Publisher
- Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Maruyama, Reid, author.
- Other Form:
- Online version: D'Amelio, Christopher J., 1974- Life and death at Cape Disappointment Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2021] 9781493058730 (DLC) 2020052929
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-8198