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Minding the Helm : Une carrière improbable dans la Garde côtière américaine (volume 14) (n°...
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Comme neuf
- Commentaires du vendeur
- “The book is almost new, it has no damages.”
- Type
- Activity Book
- Release Year
- 2019
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781574417500
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
ISBN-10
1574417509
ISBN-13
9781574417500
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038461622
Product Key Features
Book Title
Minding the Helm : a Unlikely Career in the U. S. Coast Guard
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / United States, Composers & Musicians, Military
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
19.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-002205
Reviews
This is a valuable and well-written Coast Guard memoir. Anyone interested in Coast Guard history, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Pipe Bands, or Homeland Security with incoming foreign commercial vessels would be interested in this book."" - C. Douglas Kroll, author of A Coast Guardsman's History of the U.S. Coast Guard, "This is a very well written memoir, personal and honest. Although it is about life in the Coast Guard it is also Gilheany's philosophy of his life that is so inspiring. His value system, his grit to move forward during setbacks, and his belief in his dream that a kid who couldn't swim could make it on the water."-- Maine Harbors, "This is a valuable and well-written Coast Guard memoir. Anyone interested in Coast Guard history, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Pipe Bands, or Homeland Security with incoming foreign commercial vessels would be interested in this book."--C. Douglas Kroll, author of A Coast Guardsman's History of the U.S. Coast Guard, "The stories he tells of search and rescue missions that succeed and fail make the reader aware of the danger Coast Guard personnel face every time they respond to an at emergency at sea."-- Journal of America's Military Past, "This is a valuable and well-written Coast Guard memoir. Anyone interested in Coast Guard history, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Pipe Bands, or Homeland Security with incoming foreign commercial vessels would be interested in this book."-- C. Douglas Kroll , author of A Coast Guardsman's History of the U.S. Coast Guard and Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf "Gilheany is a talented writer. I felt like I was his shadow throughout his Coast Guard career."-- Jim Dolbow , author of The Coast Guardsman's Manual 11th Edition "An honest and inspiring tale of dogged determination in the face of adversity."-- LtCol Waldo Waldman , author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Never Fly Solo "Coast Guard veteran Kevin Gilheany has lived a life filled with adventure, from rescuing those in peril at sea to busting the bad guys as an 'undercover' sea-cop. Gilheany shares stories from his remarkable career spanning twenty years. An enjoyable read!"-- John Jamieson , author of Seamanship Secrets "Kevin Giheany imparts a profound message, that with hard work and determination, dreams really can come true. If you're looking for an example of how you can achieve your seemingly impossible dreams, then this is the book to read."-- Shep Hyken , author of the New York Times bestseller The Amazement Revolution "For someone who 'never swam a stroke' before joining the Coast Guard, Kevin Gilheany sure took to water in the career that followed. Minding the Helm is filled with interesting and entertaining anecdotes sure to please Coasties and non-Coasties alike."-- Rich Miller , Editor, Professional Mariner
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
14
Dewey Decimal
363.286092
Synopsis
As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany had two dreams: to join the Coast Guard, and to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn't swim. Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard anyway. With great determination, and some divine intervention, he passed the swim test and graduated from boot camp, thus beginning an eventful and diverse twenty-year career in the 1980s and 1990s Coast Guard. He set a goal for himself to get command of his own patrol boat, and along the way he was involved in capturing drug smugglers, rescuing hundreds of Haitian migrants at sea, recovering Space Shuttle Challenger debris, surviving a ""hooligan navy"" experience on a Coast Guard workboat, coordinating search and rescue during the famed ""Perfect Storm,"" and leading armed boardings of ships following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. When he was asked by one of his men, who was dying from brain cancer, to play bagpipes at his retirement ceremony, Kevin started down a new path to have bagpipers officially recognized as part of the Coast Guard. This ultimately led a boy who couldn't swim to fulfill both of his childhood dreams and leave a lasting legacy by founding the U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band., As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany had two dreams: to join the Coast Guard, and to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn't swim. Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard anyway. With great determination, ......, As a boy growing up in New York City, Kevin P. Gilheany had two dreams: to join the Coast Guard, and to play the bagpipes. But by the time he finished high school he was overweight, had a drinking problem, and couldn't swim. Undeterred by the doubts of the folks at home, he decided to enlist in the Coast Guard anyway. With great determination, and some divine intervention, he passed the swim test and graduated from boot camp, thus beginning an eventful and diverse twenty-year career in the 1980s and 1990s Coast Guard. He set a goal for himself to get command of his own patrol boat, and along the way he was involved in capturing drug smugglers, rescuing hundreds of Haitian migrants at sea, recovering Space Shuttle Challenger debris, surviving a "hooligan navy" experience on a Coast Guard workboat, coordinating search and rescue during the famed "Perfect Storm," and leading armed boardings of ships following the terrorist attacks of 9/11. When he was asked by one of his men, who was dying from brain cancer, to play bagpipes at his retirement ceremony, Kevin started down a new path to have bagpipers officially recognized as part of the Coast Guard. This ultimately led a boy who couldn't swim to fulfill both of his childhood dreams and leave a lasting legacy by founding the U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band. Number Fourteen: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
LC Classification Number
V63.G47A3 2019
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