Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter: The Remarkable True Story Of American Heroine Ida Lewis, First Edition - Softcover

Skomal, Lenore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762758805 ISBN 13: 9780762758807

Publisher: Gpq, 2010

Synopsis

The amazing story of a heroic woman-the keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Product Description:

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Review:

"An intelligent and concise biography of the pioneering woman. A good sea story . . . about an unusual and brave woman." --Publishers Weekly "[A] sensitive biography. . . . A remarkable story of an ordinary woman who did some extraordinary things." --Booklist "Lenore Skomal . . . treats her solid historical homework briskly and lightly. . . . Fascinating." --Providence Journal "Carefully combed historic records . . . numerous photographs, notes and a bibliography do justice to this remarkable . . . heroine." --Cape Cod Times "Fascinating. . . . [A] lively, fast-moving account to hold the reader's interest. . . . Spellbinding." --Oakland Press "Meticulously researched . . . recounts the story of Ida Lewis and other courageous women who tended the precious Fresnel lenses." --Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA) "Oddly compelling book is of a tiny tigress . . . all of 103 pounds, bound to a lonely speck of rock." --Philadelphia Inquirer

About this edition

• Publisher: Gpq
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0762758805
• ISBN 13: 9780762758807
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168