Title: Sink or Swim
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.
Subjects: United States, United States. Life-Saving Service, Lifesaving stations, African American lifeboat crew members, African Americans, Juvenile literature, Biography, History
Places: North Carolina, Pea Island, Pea Island (N.C.)
People: Richard Etheridge (1842-1900)