01194cam a2200253 4500 365839814 TxAuBib 20150130120000.0 110404s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011012218 9780670063123 lib. bdg. $16.99 0670063126 lib. bdg. $16.99 DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Carbone, Elisa Lynn. Heroes of the surf : a rescue story based on true events / Elisa Carbone ; [illustrations by] Nancy Carpenter. New York : Viking, 2012. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. When the huge steamship on which they are traveling runs aground off the New Jersey coast in 1882, two boys and their families are among the passengers dramatically rescued by members of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Includes notes about the event on which the story is based. 20150130. United States Life-Saving Service Fiction. Shipwrecks Fiction. New Jersey History 19th century Fiction. Carpenter, Nancy, illustrator.