Riley Shepard Brown has recounted the history of the United States Coast Guard, from its inception in 1790 until the outset of World War I. From the Revenue Marine to the Coast Guard Iron Men, Wooden Ships The Coast Guard in the Great War The Morro Castle Disaster SOS! The Sea Is a Killer Death Goes to Sea Wings and Men Guardians of the Sea Lanes Dots and Dashes Floods and Hurricanes The Coast Guard and the Future