The Light Keepers A Story Of The United States Light House Service The Original Classic Edition
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The Light Keepers A Story Of The United States Light House Service The Original Classic Edition
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Author : James Otis
language : en
Publisher: Emereo Publishing
Release Date : 2013-03-10
The Light Keepers A Story Of The United States Light House Service The Original Classic Edition written by James Otis and has been published by Emereo Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-10 with Fiction categories.
Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Light Keepers A Story of the United States Light-house Service. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by James Otis, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have The Light Keepers A Story of the United States Light-house Service in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Light Keepers A Story of the United States Light-house Service: Look inside the book: 'If I'm to fetch an' carry for this whole blessed crew, an' that at a time when the fish-cakes are like to be burned to a cinder, I'll send in a petition to the Board to have this 'ere stairway stretched till an ordinary man can get through without scrapin' the skin all off his shoulders,' he said angrily, and Captain Eph replied, as he took the glasses from the huge hand which was extended toward him: ...'Me and my assistants believe it is our duty, though not so laid down in the rules and regulations, to make a special report because this morning a small boy came on to the ledge in a motor boat that Pg 44 got smashed up pretty considerable on the rocks while making a landing, said boy claiming to be the son of Captain Harlow of the five-masted schooner West Wind bound for Porto Rico, and he wishing to let his father hear that he ain't drownded.
The Light Keepers
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Author : James Otis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-07
The Light Keepers written by James Otis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-07 with Fiction categories.
Excerpt from The Light Keepers: A Story of the United States Light-House Service "If that 'ere; ain't a boat, Cap'n Eph, I'll agree to eat this buff-skin, an' wash it down with a pint of Uncle Sam's best oil," and Mr. Samuel Peters, first assistant of Cary's Ledge light, flattened his nose against the glass of the lantern as he peered out over the surging waters which surrounded the lighthouse on every hand. An odd-looking man was Mr. Peters (better known to his companions in the service as "Sammy"), because of the fact that a bullet from the works of Petersburg had ploughed a deep furrow across his left cheek, and carried away a goodly portion of one ear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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.
Organization And Duties Of The Light House Board
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Author : United States. Light-House Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1864
Organization And Duties Of The Light House Board written by United States. Light-House Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1864 with Lighthouses categories.
Report Of The Officers Constituting The Light House Board
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Author : United States. Light-House Board
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1852
Report Of The Officers Constituting The Light House Board written by United States. Light-House Board and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1852 with Lighthouses categories.
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.
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.
Stargazing
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Author : Peter Hill
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2012-03-16
Stargazing written by Peter Hill and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-16 with Science categories.
When Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Hill was nineteen, it was 1973 and, with his head fed by Vietnam, Zappa, Kerouac, Vonnegut, Watergate and Coronation Street, he spent six months on various lighthouses, "keeping" with all manner of unusual and fascinating people. Within thirty years this way of life was to have disappeared entirely. The resulting book is a charming and beautifully written memoir that is not only a heartfelt lament for Hill's own youth and innocence but also for a simpler and more honest age.
Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Lighthouses To The Secretary Of Commerce And Labor For The Fiscal Year Ended
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Author : United States. Lighthouse Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Lighthouses To The Secretary Of Commerce And Labor For The Fiscal Year Ended written by United States. Lighthouse Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Lighthouses categories.
The Lamplighters
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Author : Emma Stonex
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-03-16
The Lamplighters written by Emma Stonex and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Fiction categories.
“Transported me effortlessly…Haunting, harrowing and heartbreaking, this is a novel that will stay with you.” --Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push “A ghost story and fantastically gripping psychological investigation rolled into one. It is also a pitch-perfect piece of writing. . . . As with Shirley Jackson’s work or Sarah Waters’s masterpiece Affinity, in Stonex’s hands the unspoken, unexamined, unseen world we can call the supernatural, a world fed by repression and lies, becomes terrifyingly tangible.” --The Guardian (London) Inspired by a haunting true story, a gorgeous and atmospheric novel about the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers from a remote tower miles from the Cornish coast--and about the wives who were left behind. What strange fate befell these doomed men? The heavy sea whispers their names. Black rocks roll beneath the surface, drowning ghosts. And out of the swell like a finger of light, the salt-scratched tower stands lonely and magnificent. It's New Year's Eve, 1972, when a boat pulls up to the Maiden Rock lighthouse with relief for the keepers. But no one greets them. When the entrance door, locked from the inside, is battered down, rescuers find an empty tower. A table is laid for a meal not eaten. The Principal Keeper's weather log describes a storm raging round the tower, but the skies have been clear. And the clocks have all stopped at 8:45. Two decades later, the keepers' wives are visited by a writer determined to find the truth about the men's disappearance. Moving between the women's stories and the men's last weeks together in the lighthouse, long-held secrets surface and truths twist into lies as we piece together what happened, why, and who to believe. In her riveting and suspenseful novel, Emma Stonex writes a story of isolation and obsession, of reality and illusion, and of what it takes to keep the light burning when all else is swallowed by dark.
