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Shipwrecks Rescues of the Outer Banks is available now, and it's a perfect companion piece
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THE UNITED STATES
LIFE-SAVING SERVICE
1871 - 1915
Announcing
NEW - BOOK 2 is here!
SHIPWRECK RESCUES OF THE OUTER BANKS, was released on April 15, 2025.
Available wherever books are sold. Please support your local booksellers!
More Keeper James below from Days Gone By...
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
the newest offering from The Globe Pequot Publishing Group
Honoring Our Heroes; Preserving Our Past
Direct Predecessor of Today’s
U.S. Coast Guard
“They were the greatest heroes of the American coast,
routinely risking their lives in the grand maritime rescues…yet somehow, America forgot these
peaceful heroes.”
- Author Ralph Shanks
The United States Life-Saving Service is one of the least-known yet most fascinating and inspirational aspects in all of America’s storied history.
During their 44-year history, nationwide, using no more than small, open, wooden boats and cork life belts, often in violent and dangerous storms, they responded to over 178,000 lives in peril…of which they saved, OVER 177,000 souls…
Yet, somehow, America FORGOT these
peaceful heroes.
With stunning cover artwork by returning artist Gary Gowans, this new book by James D. Charlet chronicles the daring missions, thrilling stories of shipwrecks along the coast of North Carolina, and the rescues made by the United States Life-Saving Service (1871-1915).
Excerpt from the Forward by renowned marine archeologist, historian and documentarian Dr. James P. Delgado:
"...It is thanks to historians like James D. Charlet that these stories live on, introduced to modern audiences with fresh perspectives and additional research that substantially builds on earlier works. Sit back, now, and explore what defined heroism of the best sort of the rugged and dangerous shores of the Graveyard of the Atlantic".
A HUGE THANK YOU to North Carolina Arts Council and Dare Arts on the Outer Banks for the GRANT AWARD received by Keeper James Presentations. What an honor! This grant award is for the Purchase of a Period Garb for the Keeper James Presentations Project, now well underway for FY2022-2023. We were able to meet thousands of people during this exciting year of programs, book-signings, tours and events!
Book 1, Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks, continues to be a great book to add to your collection, and a perfect companion piece to Book 2. Get your hardcover copy while still available.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
“Submerged NC: North Carolina Life-Saving Stations Pictured in Black & White”
https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/nc-life-saving-stations.html
ISBN: 9781493087709 Hardback $27.95
ISBN: 9781493035908 Hardcover $26.95
Museum of the Albemarle
HISTORY FOR LUNCH series: SHIPWRECKS OF THE OUTER BANKS: DRAMATIC RESCUES AND FANTASTIC WRECKS IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9O5-1YuvRM
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CONTACT
James D. "Keeper James" Charlet
Phone: 252-996-0493
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Learn with amazement about the greatest NC maritime heroes you may never heard of, but you will never forget ~
America's Forgotten Heroes...the unsung rescue heroes of the
United States Life-Saving Service (predecessor of today's US Coast Guard).
KEEPER JAMES
U.S. Life-Saving Service OBX-pert
Author, Presenter, Tour Guide, Speaker, Historian