The lifeboat baronet : launching the RNLI /: launching the RNLI. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Janet Gleeson.
• Authors: Gleeson, Janet
• Contents: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Paul Boissier of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 The Vigilant and the Racehorse; 2 The Merchant of Liverpool; 3 The Royal Servant; 4 Danbury Place; 5 Appealing to the Nation; 6 Founding the Institution; 7 The City of Glasgow; 8 Ingenious Inventions; 9 Family Bonds; 10 The Rescue of the St George; 11 The Tower of Refuge; 12 The Last Rescue; 13 Duties and Desires; 14 Disenchantment; 15 The Final Maelstrom; Epilogue; Bibliography; Plate Section; Copyright.
• Publisher Details: Stroud : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.12381092; Philanthropists -- Great Britain -- Biography; Philanthropes -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Philanthropists; Great Britain; Biographies; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750954716
• Related ISBNs: 075095471X; 9780752490014; 075249001X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.