Fire on the beach : recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers.
by Wright, David, 1964- ; Zoby, David
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New York : Scribner, 2000., 2000. Fine. [1st ed.], 1st printing ; 335 p., [16] p. of plates : illustrated, map ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0684873044; LCCN: 00-68728 ; OCLC: 45582488 ; LC: VK1430.A1; Dewey: 363.12/381/09756175 ; "A Lisa Drew book." ; "Etheridge, a slave from the Outer Banks of North Carolina, fought in the Civil War before returning to Pea Island to head the first all-black Life-Saving Service unit, the forerunner of the modern Coast Guard. Wright, assistant professor of English at the University of Illinois, and Zoby, who teaches at Caspar College, readily admit they know little about Etheridge himself; though literate, he apparently confined his writing to terse entries in his logbook. So they construct this account of his adventures from his troops' movements in the war and the subsequent development of the Life-Saving Service, whose 'surfmen' were important role models since shipwrecks and rescues were pivotal in North Banks culture." ; grey and white cloth, in color pictorial dustjacket ; remained mark at bottom of textblock ; else FINE/FINE
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- Fire on the beach : recovering the lost story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island lifesavers.
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- Wright, David, 1964- ; Zoby, David
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- New York : Scribner, 2000.
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- 2000
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- African American lifeboat crew members -- North Carolina -- Pea Island -- Biography. Etheridge, Richard, 1842-1900. African Brigade African-Americans army arrived ashore assistant inspector Bankers beach apparatus began black surfmen black troops boat Bod
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