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Author:

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Title:

Sink or swim : African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks / Carole Boston Weatherford.

Edition:

2nd edition.

Publisher:

Coastal Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

©1999

Description:

xi, 81 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Etheridge, Richard,--1842-1900--Juvenile literature.
African American lifeboat crew members--Pea Island--Pea Island--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
United States.--Life-Saving Service--History--Juvenile literature.
Lifesaving stations--Pea Island--Pea Island--History--Juvenile literature.
Pea Island (N.C.)--History--Juvenile literature.
Etheridge, Richard,--1842-1900.
United States.--Life-Saving Service--History.
African Americans--History.
Pea Island (N.C.)--History.
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86)

Contents:

71. Gold Medals 3 -- 2. A Call to Arms 9 -- 3. Fighting for Justice 17 -- 4. Surfman no. 6 23 -- 5. The Pea Island Station 39 -- 6. Tests of Courage 47 -- 7. A Storm Rages 53 -- 8. Forgotten Heroes 63 -- 9. Gold Medals 71.

Summary:

Tells the story of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, which was the precursor of the Coast Guard, and its only all black crew, operating off Pea Island on the North Carolina coast, led by Richard Etheridge.

ISBN:

9781928556039
1928556035
9781928556015
1928556019

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41528305

LCCN:

99030125

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)