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Lighthouse keepers Michigan Biography Lighthouse keepers Michigan History Lighthouse keepers United States Lighthouses Lighthouses Fiction Lighthouses United States Lighthouses United States History United States. Bureau of Light-Houses. Women lighthouse keepers United States Biography Women lighthouse keepers United States HistoryClifford, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cypress Communications 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 CLI1 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A. Whitman 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 387.155 FLECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 920 FLEGrant, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 GRANoble, Dennis L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 387.1 NOBDolin, Eric Jay
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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.1 DOLHolland, F. Ross (Francis Ross)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.155 HOLBarrera, 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."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Lines Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 387.1 BARMinahan, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pippin Press 1995
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MINFearrington, Ann.
Summary: In this cumulative rhyme, lighthouses from around the United States are observed by one sailor, two pilots, three gulls, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE Preschool FearrMajher, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Michigan Press 2010