Lifesavers of Cape Cod

Overflowing with period photographs, illustrations and maps, the Life Savers of Cape Cod brings to life a unique age of heroism along the trecherous shores of Olde Cape Cod. In 1902, writer J. W. Dalton set out to visit each of the thirteen U.S Life-Saving Service stations on Cape Cod, from Wood End in the north to Monomoy Point in the south. His book, The Life Savers of Cape Cod, published late that year, remains the most minutely detailed account of station life at the high point of the service's existence. Dalton's research covers not only the history of the service and descriptions of each station, but also provides a paragraph on each and every keeper and surfman then serving along the Cape's seashore. He even includes entries on the names and habits of the stations' pets. Dalton even provides space for Keeper Seth Ellis of the Monomoy station to tell his version of the life-saving disaster of the previous March 17, of which Ellis was the only survivor.Dalton, J. W. is the author of 'Lifesavers of Cape Cod ', published 1991 under ISBN 9780940160491 and ISBN 0940160498.