The Coast Guard Under Sail: The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1789-1865

By Irving H. King

The first comprehensive account of the US Coast Guard from its birth to its emergence from the Civil War. It shows how the service combined a spirit of enterprise with acknowledgment of individual freedoms to establish respect for the new constitution and the rule of law.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870212346
• ISBN13: 9780870212345
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent history of Coast Guard's antecedents

The book shows how the early Coast Guard, as collector of the nation's revenue, combined the spirit of enterprise with acknowledgement of individual freedoms to establish respect for the new Constitution and the rule of law