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Article: Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers. (Book Notes).
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- American Studies International
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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David Wright and David Zoby, Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers (New York: Scribner, 2001), 335 pp., illus., $26.00 (cloth).
David Wright and David Zoby are extraordinary historians and storytellers. The level of historical detail and the compelling, marvelously rendered narrative of Fire on the Beach make this book worthwhile for any avid reader. Of course, readers with an interest in the Civil War and the years that immediately followed, in maritime history, or in the African-American experience will find Fire on the Beach especially absorbing.
The prologue draws the reader into the complex ...