James Burd Brewster, a retired Coast Guard Academy graduate (class of ’77) author and publisher, has alerted me to his latest book, a biography of helicopter pioneer, Capt. Frank A. Erickson, which is intended to be the first of a series on Coast Guard heroes aimed at a middle school aged audience.

I have not read the book, but this is not the author’s first attempt. He has several books to his credit.

The illustrations, including those below, appear well done.