Rescue on the Outer Banks (On My Own History) (2002)

by Candice Ransom

Series: On My Own History

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Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, help an African-American lifesaving crew rescue shipwreck victims off the coast of North Carolina in 1896.

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This is a nice, easy to read story that introduced the kids to the history of the Outer Banks rescue teams. I read the historical notes to the kids, but I'm not sure the 5 year old really understood that part of the story actually happened and part was made up, and I don't think he was able to understand the information about the African American workers not being treated equally with the white workers, as he really hasn't been introduced to that aspect of our history yet. But he did enjoy the rescue story. (

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Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA

Pea Station, Outer Banks, North Caroline, USA

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Rescue of the E. S. Newman

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To Taylor, again -- C.F.R.

For my brother John, who still wants to be a fireman when he grows up -- K. R.

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The islands off the coast of North Carolina are called the Outer Banks. (Author's Note)

Sam Deal nudged Ginger over the sandy dune.

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Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, help an African-American lifesaving crew rescue shipwreck victims off the coast of North Carolina in 1896.

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It's October 11, 1896, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Through the howling wind and lashing rain of a hurricane, 10-year-old Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, gaze across the waves. The brave surfman of Pea Island are struggling to save nine people stranded on a shipwreck. Sam has dreamed of becoming a surfman like Keeper Ethridge and his African American crew. This is Sam's chance. Can he and Ginger help rescue the victims, or will they be lost forever? [from the cover]

Inspired by the Pea Island Station of the U.S. Life-Saving Service (forerunner of the Coast Guard), headed by African American Richard Etheridge. When white surfman refused to work with him, he hired black surfman. They rescued the passengers and crew of the E. S. Newman in 1896, for which they received a Gold Lifesaving Medal from President Bill Clinton in 1996.

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