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Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers

hardcover – July 3, 2001
by Wright, David
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ISBN-13: 9780684873046 ISBN-10: 0684873044
Publisher
SCRIBNER
Binding
hardcover
Published
July 3, 2001
Weight
1.4 lbs
Dimensions
24.60×2.90×16.80 cm

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Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers by Wright, David. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780684873046.

A history of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, an ancestor of the modern Coast Guard, focuses on a crew of seven men, led by former slave and Civil War veteran Richard Etheridge, stationed on Pea Island, North Carolina, and their heroic exploits, including the rescue of the entire crew of the E. S. Newman during a hurricane in the 1890s. 25,000 first printing.