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Author Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

Title Sink or swim : African-American lifesavers of the Outer Banks / Carole Boston Weatherford.

Imprint Wilmington, N.C. : Coastal Carolina Press, c2000.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Jumpstart Non-Fiction  363.1 WEATHERFORD    ---  Available
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xi, 88 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-86).
Summary 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.
Audience 7.3 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 7.3 1.0 PCMS
Subject Etheridge, Richard, 1841-1900.
United States. Life-Saving Service -- History.
African Americans -- History.
Pea Island (N.C.) -- History.
ISBN 1928556035 : $19.20

 
    
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