Fire on the beach

recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers

Tells the story of former slave and Civil War veteran Richard Etheridge's command of the only all-Black station in the U.S. Life-Saving Service, a rescue organization formed in 1871 to protect ships' crews and cargo.

Scribner
2000
9780684873046
book

Holdings

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11301164815704215196522156148BRHS114BRHS18402920 WRI92015814652241708963493