Lighthouses And Keepers
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Guardians Of The Lights
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Author : Elinor De Wire
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-10-17
Guardians Of The Lights written by Elinor De Wire and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In a charming blend of history and human interest, this book paints a colorful portrait of the lives of a vanished breed—the lighthouse keepers—from the year 1716, when the first lighthouse was established in America, to the early 1980s when automation replaced the last human “guardian of the light." A wealth of material from the archives of the 19th and 20th centuries—primarily letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts—provides vivid stories about lighthouse keeping in this country: the daily work; coping with fog, storms and other catastrophes; legends and ghosts; women's and families' roles; lighthouse children and pets; the natural world around lighthouses; and the diverse characters of those who held the job. Lighthouse keeping was a unique occupation, now obsolete, and this book is a fitting tribute to these tough, usually solitary, and dedicated heroes who kept the lights burning every night, without fail.
Lighthouses And Keepers
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Author : Dennis L Noble
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2014-01-15
Lighthouses And Keepers written by Dennis L Noble and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-15 with History categories.
From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States. Among the most recognized structures of the maritime world, these lonely sentinels by the sea have long been the subject of paintings and photographs. Today they continue to capture public imagination as Americans flock to their sites for visits and volunteer to help preserve these endangered structures. This book covers all aspects of the subject, not only lighthouses and lightships but buoys, buoy tenders, fog signals, and their keepers. The work is as rich in historical information as it is in rarely seen photographs, and fourteen maps guide readers to the exact locations of the lighthouses. Readers are also treated to stories of shipwrecks and rescues, including the extraordinary story of Ida Lewis, head keeper of the light at Lime Rock, Rhode Island, who rescued eighteen people from the sea.
Lighthouses Keepers
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Author : Dennis L. Noble
language : en
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 1997
Lighthouses Keepers written by Dennis L. Noble and has been published by US Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Architecture categories.
Discusses the history of lighthouses and lightships throughout the United States, including the keepers, buoy tenders, buoys, fog signals, electronic aids to navigation used in World War II, and a summary of the U.S. Lighthouse Service from 1789 onward.
Keepers Of The Light
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Author : Donald Graham
language : en
Publisher: Harbour Publishing Company
Release Date : 1990
Keepers Of The Light written by Donald Graham and has been published by Harbour Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
"MY WIFE HAS GONE CRAZY - one of the isolated upcoast lightkeepers in this astonishing book writes to his Victoria supervisor. "PLEASE SEND SOMEONE UP HERE AT ONCE." It could be an incident from any one of many poignant stories which unfold as Don Graham, himself keeper of Vancouver's famous Point Atkinson Light, breaks the lighthouse fraternity's 150-year tradition of silence and exposes life as it really has been lived in and around those prim white-and-red light stations which have made British Columbia's otherwise forbidding coastline a safe place for ships. Can you imagine wind strong enough to blow away a lightkeeper's cow? It happened at the ill-fated light on exposed Triangle Island, finally abandoned after the storms cost 25 lives. Here are shocking new revelations about the supposed Japanese bombardment of Estevan Light, a pivotal event in Canada's WWII history; a front row view of the most notorious wrecks along Vancouver Island's "Pacific Graveyard"; stories of absurd and fatal government bungling; stories of suicide, murder, mysterious disappearance, heroism, starvation and occasionally, happiness. Keepers of the Light is the definitive book on coast lightkeeping maritime history buffs have been waiting for, the result of 40 years' research by Capt. L. Cadieux, founder of the Maritime Museum of Victoria. A further ten years research and writing was dedicated by lightkeeper Graham, a former University history lecturer who had editorial help from both Farley Mowat and Silver Donald Cameron in making this one of the most gripping sagas ever to be written about the west coast. With spectacular full-colour covers painted by the celebrated lighthouse artist Buzz Walker and 200 drawings, photos, maps and plans in an attractive pictorial format, Keepers of the Light is as handsome as it is exciting to read.
The Lightkeepers Menagerie
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Author : Elinor De Wire
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-10-17
The Lightkeepers Menagerie written by Elinor De Wire and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-17 with Photography categories.
Elinor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing, feathered, and finned keepers of the lights. Where else would a dog learn to ring a fogbell, a cat go swimming and catch a fish for its supper, or a parrot cuss the storm winds rattling its cage? Who other than a lightkeeper would swim a cow home, tame a baby seal, adopt an orphan alligator, send messages via carrier pigeons, or imagine mermaids coming to visit? The Lightkeepers' Menagerie gathers together animal stories from lighthouses all around the world, tales of happiness and sadness, courage and cowardice, tragedy and comedy, even absurdity. Sometimes, fur, feathers, and fins tell the best tales.
Lighthouse
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Author : Tony Parker
language : en
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Release Date : 1986
Lighthouse written by Tony Parker and has been published by Eland Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
A chronicle of the lives of several British lighthouse keepers and their families, revealing the reason for their solitary career.
Leading Lights
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Author : Elizabeth Douglas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Leading Lights written by Elizabeth Douglas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Lighthouse keepers categories.
Women Who Kept The Lights
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Author : Mary Louise Clifford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Women Who Kept The Lights written by Mary Louise Clifford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hundreds of American women have kept the lamps burning in lighthouses since Hannah Thomas tended Gurnet Point Light in Plymouth, Massachusetts, while her husband was away fighting in the War for Independence. Women Who Kept the Lights details the careers of 32 intrepid women who were official keepers of light stations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, on Lake Champlain and the Great Lakes, staying at their posts for periods ranging from a few years to half a century. Most of these women served in the nineteenth century, when the keeper lit a number of lamps in the tower at dusk, replenished their fuel or replaced them at midnight, and every morning polished the lamps and lanterns to keep their lights shining brightly. Several of these stalwart women were commended for their courage in remaining at their posts through severe storms and hurricanes. A few went to the rescue of seamen when ships capsized or were wrecked. Their varied stories paint a multifaceted picture of a unique profession in our maritime history.
Mind The Light Katie
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Author : Mary Louise Clifford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Mind The Light Katie written by Mary Louise Clifford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Women lighthouse keepers categories.
A condensed version of the authors' earlier Women who kept the lights; meant for younger readers.
My House Is A Lighthouse
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Author : Christine Welldon
language : en
Publisher: Compass: True Stories for Kids
Release Date : 2019-07-02
My House Is A Lighthouse written by Christine Welldon and has been published by Compass: True Stories for Kids this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-02 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Can you imagine yourself as a light keeper? Could you live full-time on an isolated coast? Your job is to keep a light shining out to sea, guiding ships to land, warning them of jagged shoreline, and maybe even assisting with a rescue in the case of a shipwreck. Even though there are 750 lighthouses across North America, only 51 light keepers actively live and work in one in Canada, and just 1 keeper remains in the United States. In the newest installment of Nimbus's popular Compass series, Christine Welldon takes readers past the postcard-perfect image and depicts a day in the life of 11 modern light keepers. From Cape Beale, British Columbia, to Puffin Island, Newfoundland, learn about the grit, intelligence, and quick thinking that helps keep our coastlines safe. Expertly weaving the historical with the modern, Welldon shows us how light keepers are still bound by an age-old mission: "Keep the light shining. Be ever watchful. Help those in trouble on the sea." Includes over 50 full-colour photos, illustrations, and maps, as well as a glossary, index, and historical timeline.
