The metal life car
Subtitle: the inventor, the impostor, and the business of lifesaving
By: George E. Buker.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780817316082; 9780817380373
Subjects: Francis, Joseph, -- 1801-1893.; United States. -- Life-Saving Service.; Lifesaving -- Equipment and supplies.; Lifeboats -- History.; Marine engineering -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-176) and index.