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100 1  Buker, George E.,|d1923- 
245 14 The metal life car :|bthe inventor, the impostor, and the 
       business of lifesaving /|cGeorge E. Buker. 
264  1 Tuscaloosa :|bUniversity of Alabama Press,|c[2008] 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    1 online resource (182 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and 
       index. 
505 0  The origin of Francis' metallic lifeboats -- The metallic 
       life car and the U.S. Life-saving Service -- Metallic 
       boats for the U.S. Army -- The Third Seminole War: 
       strategy and tactics -- Metal army pontoon wagon bodies --
       Francis' European associates -- Back home -- The Impostor 
       -- Retirement and challenges -- The perfidious Captain 
       Douglass Ottinger, USRMS -- Reactions to Ottinger's 
       charges -- The Forty-ninth Congress and beyond -- 
       Epilogue. 
588 0  Print version record. 
600 10 Francis, Joseph,|d1801-1893. 
600 10 Francis, Joseph. 
600 17 Francis, Joseph,|d1801-1893.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00367456 
610 10 United States.|bLife-Saving Service. 
610 17 United States.|bLife-Saving Service.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00549580 
648  7 1800 - 1899|2fast 
650  0 Lifesaving|xEquipment and supplies. 
650  0 Lifeboats|xHistory. 
650  0 Marine engineering|zUnited States|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Inventors|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Marine engineering|xHistory|x19th century. Francis, Joseph
       |x1801-1893. Lifesaving|xEquipment and supplies. Life-
       Saving Service. Inventors|zUnited States|xBiography. 
       United Sta. 
650  7 TRANSPORTATION|xShips & Shipbuilding|xPictorial.|2bisacsh 
650  7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xMarine & Naval.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Inventors.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00978052 
650  7 Lifeboats.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00998394 
650  7 Lifesaving|xEquipment and supplies.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst00998401 
650  7 Marine engineering.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01009532 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Biography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423686 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBuker, George E., 1923-|tMetal life car.
       |dTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2008|w(DLC)  
       2007034628 
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