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Fire on the beach : recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers
- Title
- Fire on the beach : recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers / David Wright and David Zoby.
- Author
- Wright Faladé, David, 1964-
- Publication
- New York : Scribner, 2000.
- ©2000
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Zoby, David
- Description
- 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Fire on the Beach tells the story of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, formed in 1871 to assure the safe passage of American and international shipping and the save lives and salvage cargo. A century ago, the adventures of the now-forgotten "surfmen" who, in crews of seven, bore the brunt of this dangerous but vital duty, filled the pages of popular reading material, from Harper's to the Baltimore Sun and New York Herald. Station 17, located on the desolate beaches of Pea Island, North Carolina, housed one such unit, and Richard Etheridge - the only black man to lead a lifesaving crew - was its captain."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900
- United States. Life-Saving Service > History
- United States. Life-Saving Service
- African American soldiers > Biography
- African Americans > Biography
- African American lifeboat crew members > North Carolina > Pea Island > Biography
- Lifesaving stations > North Carolina > Pea Island > History
- African American lifeboat crew members
- Lifesaving stations
- Pea Island (N.C.) > History
- United States > Armed Forces > African Americans
- North Carolina > Pea Island
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- "A Lisa Drew book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Richard Etheridge : "A man among the men" -- pt. 2. "National calamity" or "National crime"? : the Life-Saving Service Founders in North Carolina -- pt. 3. The life of a surfman.
- Call Number
- Sc E 01-874
- ISBN
- 0684873044
- 9780684873046
- LCCN
- 00068728
- OCLC
- 45582488
- Author
- Wright Faladé, David, 1964- author.
- Title
- Fire on the beach : recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers / David Wright and David Zoby.
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner, 2000.
- Copyright Date
- ©2000
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Zoby, David, author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 01-874