Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers by David Wright, David Zoby

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

David Wright, David Zoby

352 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
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Fire on the Beach recovers the heroic, long-forgotten story of the only all-black crew in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1871 the Life-Saving Service, the precursor to the Coast Guard, was created by Congress to assure the safe passage of...

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