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

Barrett Thomas Beard. Wonderful Flying Machines: A History of U.S. Coast Guard Helicopters. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1996.

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 825 South Jackson Street, Belleville, IL 62220.]

Donald L. Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

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. 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.

Eric S. Ensign. Intelligence in the Rum War at Sea, 1920-1933. Washington, D.C.: Joint Military Intelligence College, 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.]

Patrick Hornberger & Linda Turbyville. Forgotten Beacons: The Lost Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay. Annapolis, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 1997.

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.

Irving King. The Coast Guard Expands: 1865-1915. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996.

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

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

Randy Leffingwell & Pamela Welty. Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of California, Oregon, and Washington. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2000.

Jon Marcus. Susan Cole Kelly, photographer. Lighthouses of New England: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, Inc., 2001.

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.

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.

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

Frederick Stonehouse. Lighthouse Keepers & Coast Guard Cutters: Heroic Lighthouse Keepers and the Coast Guard Cutters Named After Them. Gwinn, Michigan: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 2000.

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.

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.

Theodore R. Treadwell. Splinter Fleet: The Wooden Subchasers of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland, Naval Institute Press, 2000.

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.

Ken & Barb Wardius. Wisconsin Lighthouses: A Photographic & Historical Guide. Prairie Oak Press, 2000.

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

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.