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Author:

Skomal, Lenore.

Title:

The lighthouse keeper's daughter : the remarkable true story of American heroine Ida Lewis / Lenore Skomal.

Publisher:

GPP,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xi, 147 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Lewis, Ida,--1842-1911.
Women lighthouse keepers--Newport--Newport--Biography.
Lighthouse keepers--Newport--Newport--Biography.
Women heroes--Newport--Newport--Biography.
Newport (R.I.)--Biography.
Lifesaving--Newport--Newport--History.
Ida Lewis Rock Light (R.I.)--History.

Other Titles:

Keeper of Lime Rock

Notes:

Previously published as: Keeper of Lime Rock. 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Propelled to notoriety -- In the beginning -- The first rescue -- The summer of 1869 -- Keeping the wick -- The rescues continue : the second, third, and fourth -- Losing heart -- A solitary life (1881-1911) -- In death, beloved -- Epilogue: Ida Lewis Lighthouse.

ISBN:

0762758805 (pbk.)
9780762758807 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2010011499

Locations:

NSPC983 -- Manly Public Library (Manly)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)