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Clifford, Mary Louise.

Summary: 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 34 intrepid women who were official keepers of light stations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, on Lake Champlain and the Great...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Cypress Communications 2013

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 CLI
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 387.155 CLI

Fleming, Candace.

Summary: Chronicles the lives of women who lived and worked in lighthouses, braving seas and storms, rescuing people from icy waters, and lovingly caring for their lights.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1996

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 387.155 FLE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 920 FLE

Grant, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 GRA

Noble, Dennis L.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2004

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 387.1 NOB

Dolin, Eric Jay

1 hold on 1 copy

Summary: A history of America as reflected by the nation's lighthouses combines maritime lore with original details to trace coastal political, military, and technological expansions, citing the roles of key contributors.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2016

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.1 DOL

Summary: A six-part series about lighthouses and the places they are located, originally broadcast on PBS.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 1998

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LEG

Holland, F. Ross (Francis Ross)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 1988

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 HOL

Barrera, Jazmina

Summary: "Divided into six chapters that each cover a specific lighthouse, this meditative account includes general explanations about lighthouses, literary references, shipwrecks, and legends, but also sublime personal digressions about her visits, about collecting, about birds, or about the very light that shines from the lighthouse lanterns."--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lines Press 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.1 BAR

Minahan, John A.

Summary: During the War of 1812, when British soldiers threaten the town of Scituate, Massachusetts, young Rebecca Bates and her sister Abigail, daughters of the local lighthouse keeper, find a way to save both him and the town.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pippin Press 1995

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MIN

Fearrington, Ann.

Summary: In this cumulative rhyme, lighthouses from around the United States are observed by one sailor, two pilots, three gulls, and more.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam 2002

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Preschool Fearr

Majher, Patricia.

Summary: From the Publisher: Michigan once led the country in the number of lighthouses, and they're still a central part of the mystique and colorful countryside of the state. What even the region's lighthouse enthusiasts might not know is the rich history of female lighthouse keepers in the area. Fifty women served the sailing communities on Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior, as well as on the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2010

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 MAJ

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 386 MAJ

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Maritime Majher

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