{"title":"David Wright","description":"David Wright is Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Illinois. The recipient of the Zora Neale Hurston\/Richard Wright Award, he has written for The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, and the African American Review.","products":[{"product_id":"fire-on-the-beach-recovering-the-lost-story-of-richard-etheridge-and-the-pea-island-lifesavers-paperback","title":"Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire on the Beach\u003c\/em\u003e 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 American and international shipping and to save lives and salvage cargo. Although it was decommissioned in 1915, a century ago the LSS boasted some two hundred stations, and the adventures of the now forgotten \"surfmen\" filled the pages of popular reading, from \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/em\u003e to the \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tells the story of Station 17 of Pea Island, North Carolina, and its courageous captain, Richard Etheridge. A former slave and Civil War veteran, Etheridge was appointed Keeper of the Pea Island station, but when the white crew already in place refused to serve under him, he recruited and trained an entirely black crew. Although they were among the most courageous in the service, leading many daring rescues and saving scores of men, women, and children along the treacherous stretch of coast known as \"the Graveyard of the Atlantic,\" civilian attitudes toward the Pea Island surfmen ranged from curiosity to outrage. When a hurricane hit the Banks in the late 1890s, they managed to save everyone aboard the wrecked \u003cem\u003eE.S. Newman\u003c\/em\u003e. This incredible feat went unrecognized for a century until, in 1996, the Coast Guard posthumously awarded Etheridge and his men the Gold Life-Saving Medal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis courageous story of a group of men who battled prejudice as well as fierce storms to carry out heroic deeds illustrates yet another example of the contribution of one group of remarkable African Americans to this country's history.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365689917663,"sku":"9780195154849","price":51.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/CN372teBW19780195154849.webp?v=1789069981"},{"product_id":"the-canterbury-tales-paperback","title":"The Canterbury Tales - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeyond all doubt the greatest work of English literature before Shakespeare, Chaucer's \u003cem\u003eThe Canterbury Tales\u003c\/em\u003e brings together an unforgettable group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, pilgrims who came from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and the famously lusty Wife of Bath. Their tales are as various as the tellers, including romance, bawdy comedy, beast fable, learned debate, parable, and Eastern adventure. The resulting collection gives us a set of characters so vivid that they have often been taken as portraits from real life, and a series of stories as hilarious in their comedy as they are affecting in their tragedy. Even after 600 years, their account of the human condition is fresh and true. David Wright's verse translation has long been admired for its brilliance and fidelity. This new edition adds representative passages from the important but overlooked prose tales, Melibee and the Parson's Tale, in new translations by Christopher Cannon, who also provides a new critical introduction and invaluable notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378192548063,"sku":"9780199599028","price":8.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3YMl_6bqaF9780199599028.webp?v=1789250815"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-wright.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}