Lost Photographs of the RNLI
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750937181 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorEdward Wake-Walker worked for twenty-eight years with the RNLI, the final sixteen as PR Director. He is the author of several books on the RNLI and its history: Gold Medal Rescues (David & Charles, 1992), Lost Photographs of the RNLI (Sutton, 2004), and The Lifeboat Story (Sutton 2007).
A view into the history of a national monument Rob Annis The RNLI do one of the most dangerous jobs on earth for little or no pay; this book focuses on some of their feats. It's a lovely coffee table book, with good accounts of some of their more famous rescues.
Edward Wake-Walker worked for twenty-eight years with the RNLI, the final sixteen as PR Director. He is the author of several books on the RNLI and its history: Gold Medal Rescues (David & Charles, 1992), Lost Photographs of the RNLI (Sutton, 2004), and The Lifeboat Story (Sutton 2007).
Some time after 1948, a collection of 39 photographs was borrowed from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's London headquarters by the American explorer, writer and film-maker, Amos Burg, in all probability for a National Geographic article that was never published.