num_pages: 96
description: 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.
language: English
title: Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
titlecomplete: Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks (Carolina Young People)
genres: Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Coastal Carolina Pr