Heroes of the surf
By: by Elisa Carbone
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780670063123
Subjects: United States; Fiction; Shipwrecks; United States. Life-Saving Service; History
Description: When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on which the story is based.