I love historical fiction, and the fact that this story is based on true events about the live-saving station on Pea Island, NC in the late 1800s made it particularly interesting. I'm glad that our country has come a long way from the days when black men weren't welcome to work side by side with white men--now we have a black president! (I think we will come even farther when we don't notice the color of a person's skin, but that's my opinion--along with Dr. MLK, Jr!).