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Sink or swim

African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks

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An edition of Sink or Swim (1999)

Sink or swim

African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks

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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.

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Just Us Books
Language
English
Pages
79

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

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Sink or swim: African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks
2008, Just Us Books
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Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
December 2003, Tandem Library
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Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
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Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks
June 1999, Coastal Carolina Press
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Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks (Carolina Young People)
October 1, 1999, Coastal Carolina Press
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Table of Contents

1.
The Ocean Remenbers -- -- 2.
A Call to Arms -- -- 3.
Fighting for Justice -- -- 4.
Surfman no. 6 -- -- 5.
The Pea Island Station -- -- 6.
Tests of Courage -- -- 7.
A Storm Rages -- -- 8.
Forgotten Heroes -- -- 9.
Gold Medals.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Dewey Decimal Class
363.1238

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 79 pages
Number of pages
79

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL39475916M
Internet Archive
sinkorswimafrica0000weat_n4d7
ISBN 10
1933491116
ISBN 13
9781933491110
OCLC/WorldCat
946967946

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