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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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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."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900
  • United States. Life-Saving Service > History
  • African American lifeboat crew members > Pea Island > Biography
  • Lifesaving stations > Pea Island > History
  • Pea Island (N.C.) > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-320) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Richard Etheridge - "A Man Among the Men" 1. Youth: The Outer Banks. 2. War. 3. Wild's December Raid. 4. Point Lookout: The Bottom Rail on Top. 5. Before Richmond: In the Trenches. 6. Armistice: Texas. 7. Home -- Pt. 2. "National Calamity" or "National Crime"? - The Life-Saving Service Founders in North Carolina. 8. The Life-Saving Service in North Carolina. 9. North Carolina's Lifesaving Woes. 10. The Reformation of the Sixth District. 11. Segregation for the Good of "Progress" 12. Fire on the Beach -- Pt. 3. The Life of a Surfman. 13. The Portrait of a Surfman. 14. Life at the Station. 15. Patrolling the Beach. 16. No. 17. 17. Pressures Particular to Pea Island Surfmen. 18. The Right Men in the Right Place. 19. Their Finest Hour: The Wreck of the E. S. Newman, October 11, 1896.
ISBN
0684873044
LCCN
00068728
OCLC
  • ocm45582488
  • SCSB-4151082
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries