Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 - 1944)

Joseph C. Lincoln was a prolific author who wrote many short stories and novels centering on life in a fictionalized Cape Cod. In this novel, Rugged Water, Surfman Number One, Calvin Homer, is expected to become captain at the Setuckit Life-Saving Station, but the crew of the station is surprised when an outsider is promoted instead, with a curious past. - Summary by Mark Harrington

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Nautical & Marine Fiction

Language: English

Keyword(s): cape cod (14), shipwrecks (4), lighthouses (3), lifesaving (2), coast guard (1)