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The Last Lighthouse Keeper

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Author : John Cook
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2020-07-02

The Last Lighthouse Keeper written by John Cook and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

A beautiful memoir from John Cook, one of Tasmania's last kerosene lighthouse keepers. A story about madness and wilderness, shining a light onto the vicissitudes of love and nature. In Tasmania, John Cook is known as: 'The Keeper of the Flame'. John's renowned as one of the last of the "kerosene keepers": he spent a good part of his 26-year career in Tasmanian lighthouses tending kerosene, not electrical, lamps. He joined the lighthouse service in 1969, after a spell in the merchant marine. Far from reviling work on isolated islands such as Tasman and Maatsuyker, Australia's southernmost lighthouse, he discovered that he loved the solitude and delighted in the sense of purpose that light keeping gave him. He did two stints on Tasman, in 1969-71 and 1977, and was the head keeper on Maatsuyker for eight years. Tasman's kerosene light was a pressure lamp fuelled by two big bottles that had to be pumped up to 75 pounds per square inch (about 516 kilopascals): "It was the equivalent of pumping up a tyre every 20 minutes," John says. "Then you had to wind up the weights - they went down the tower and turned the prism around like a big clockwork. If the weights went all the way to the bottom, the light would stop. "The main thing was that 365 nights of the year you sat in that tower, 100 feet up, and you had to stay awake," John says of Tasman. "If you fell asleep the light would stop and then you were in trouble." Keepers took watches around the clock, in a system similar to that on a ship. Day watches weren't a chance to slack off: standing orders required the watchkeeper to look seawards at least every half-hour and to log sightings of any vessels, and their course, in the area. "But the main thing was there was always maintenance to do," John says. "Because Mother Nature was your boss. She'd blow gutters off, that sort of thing - she was always stickin' her bib in, and you were repairin' it." Tasman keepers also ran a herd of up to 500 sheep. They didn't have a freezer, so they'd kill and dress a sheep every fortnight. John supplemented his bulk stores, delivered every three months by the lighthouse supply vessel, with extras brought on the bi-monthly mail boat, and by keeping chooks, ducks and turkeys. "I never ran out of things to do," he says. "In my free time I used to do correspondence courses - I did navigation, diesel mechanics, business management and accounting." In 1977, keepers left the Tasman quarters forever. "I've got such strong memories of those places with people in them, and kids' voices rattlin' around," John says. "It breaks my heart to think about those places sittin' out there empty with no lights on."

The Last Lighthouse Keeper

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Author : Alan Titchmarsh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999-01-01

The Last Lighthouse Keeper written by Alan Titchmarsh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Boats and boating categories.

Will Elliott is out of a job. The lighthouse he's been manning on Prince Albert Rock, off the wild Cornish coast, is about to become automated. So Will decides to fulfil his lifelong ambition - to sail round the coastline of Britain. Determined to continue his solitary existence, Will begins his preparations for his epic voyage. But before he has time to so much as paint his hull, he meets Amy Finn - a beautiful artist and fellow loner. And as if that isn't distraction enough, suddenly his sleepy Cornish village is rocked by the biggest scandal to hit Cornwall since Guenevere ran off with Launcelot. It seems as if Will will never get away, and even if he does will his journey be solo or is there hope that he and Amy could be embarking on a two-man voyage of discovery?

The Lighthouse Keeper S Daughter

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Author : Hazel Gaynor
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-09-06

The Lighthouse Keeper S Daughter written by Hazel Gaynor and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-06 with Fiction categories.

‘Compelling... I can’t recommend this one highly enough.’ Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Secret Wife ‘Exquisite... a clear head and shoulders above the rest’ Sunday Independent

Light Years

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Author : Caroline Woodward
language : en
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-05

Light Years written by Caroline Woodward and has been published by Harbour Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In 2007, Caroline Woodward was itching for a change. With an established career in book-selling and promotion, four books of her own and having raised a son with her husband, Jeff, she yearned for adventure and to re-ignite her passion for writing. Jeff was tired of piecing together low-paying part-time jobs and, with Caroline’s encouragement, applied for a position as a relief lightkeeper on a remote North Pacific island. They endured lonely months of living apart, but the way of life rejuvenated Jeff and inspired Caroline to contemplate serious shifts in order to accompany him. When a permanent position for a lighthouse keeper became available, Caroline quit her job and joined Jeff on the lights. Caroline soon learned that the lighthouse-keeping life does not consist of long, empty hours in which to write. The reality is hard physical labour, long stretches of isolation and the constant threat of de-staffing. Beginning with a 3:30 a.m. weather report, the days are filled with maintaining the light station buildings, sea sampling, radio communication, beach cleanup, wildlife encounters and everything in between. As for dangerous rescue missions or dramatic shipwrecks—that kind of excitement is rare. “So far the only life I know I’ve saved is my own,” she says, with her trademark dry wit. Yet Caroline is exhilarated by the scenic coastline with its drizzle and fog, seabirds and whales, and finds time to grow a garden and, as anticipated, write. Told with eloquent introspection and an eye for detail, Light Years is the personal account of a lighthouse keeper in twenty-first century British Columbia—an account that details Caroline’s endurance of extreme climatic, interpersonal and medical challenges, as well as the practical and psychological aspects of living a happy, healthy, useful and creative life in isolation.

Lighthouse Keeper S Wife

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Author : Constance Scovill Small
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986

Lighthouse Keeper S Wife written by Constance Scovill Small and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Lighthouse keepers categories.

The Light Between Oceans

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Author : M.L. Stedman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012

The Light Between Oceans written by M.L. Stedman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Fiction categories.

A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.

The Lighthouse Keeper S Catastrophe

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Author : Ronda Armitage
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Release Date : 2014-09-04

The Lighthouse Keeper S Catastrophe written by Ronda Armitage and has been published by Scholastic UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

Once there was a lighthouse keeper called Mr. Grinling. At night time he lived in a small white cottage perched high on the cliffs, and in the daytime he rowed out to his lighthouse to clean and polish the light. When Mr Grinling locks himself out of the lighthouse, he tries everything to get back inside! Available for the first time as an e-book.

Hello Lighthouse

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Author : Sophie Blackall
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-02-07

Hello Lighthouse written by Sophie Blackall and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

A beautiful picture book about hope, change and the passing of time. Winner of the Caldecott Medal 2019. On the highest rock of a tiny island at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse. From dusk to dawn, the lighthouse beams, sending its light out to sea, guiding the ships on their way. As the seasons pass and the waves rise and fall, outside, the wind blows; inside, the lighthouse keeper writes, and the rhythms of his life unfold. But change is on the horizon... With beautiful illustrations from Sophie Blackall - the artist behind New York Times bestseller, Finding Winnie. "I will be surprised if a more exquisite picture book is published this year" - New York Times "A jewel of a creation" - Publishers Weekly

The Last Keeper At Split Rock

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Author : Mike Roberts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010

The Last Keeper At Split Rock written by Mike Roberts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Lighthouse keepers categories.

Mike Roberts's stories of Coast Guard life along Lake Superior begin even before he and his family moved to Split Rock Light Station in 1966 and continue until the lighthouse was decommissioned and closed in 1969.