Sink or swim
Subtitle: African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks
By: Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher: Just Us Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: East Orange, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9781933491110
Subjects: Juvenile literature; African American lifeboat crew members; Biography; History; Lifesaving stations; United States. Life-Saving Service; United States
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: The Ocean Remenbers -- -- 2.; title: A Call to Arms -- -- 3.; title: Fighting for Justice -- -- 4.; title: Surfman no. 6 -- -- 5.; title: The Pea Island Station -- -- 6.; title: Tests of Courage -- -- 7.; title: A Storm Rages -- -- 8.; title: Forgotten Heroes -- -- 9.; title: Gold Medals.