Saved by the Lifeboat, by R.M. Ballantyne.
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This book is mainly to describe the lifeboat service, and how private
individuals can donate the money for building a new lifeboat.
We start off with a wreck just occurring near a little seaside village,
and how the local men rushed down to the beach to do what they could to
save life. We then move to the offices of a mean grasping shipowner,
who will do anything to avoid properly equipping his ships with what
they would need if disaster struck. Eventually he is brought to a more
sensible state of mind, and donates money for a new lifeboat.
There is a good fund-raising chapter, and it is interesting how very
much the same today's appeals for the lifeboat service are, though of
course today's lifeboat is a very different item to the lifeboats of
over a hundred years ago.
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SAVED BY THE LIFEBOAT, BY R.M. BALLANTYNE.