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Aitkins, Steve. "The Last of the Wickies." Commandants Bulletin (Nov 1990), pp. 30-33. Allen, Charles E. "The Light-Keeper of Old Seguin." New England Magazine 36 (Aug 1907), pp. 700-702. Anderson, Don. "Tree Point Lighthouse [author was assigned to duty there in 1954 and describes what life at this station was like]." The Keepers Log (Winter 2003), pp. 10-17. Bachand, Robert G. "Only Yesterday: Cold Spring Harbor Lighthouse 1890-1965." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1998), pp. 15-17. Bacon, Betty. "Lighthouse Memories?Summer [Point Iroquois]." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1987), pp. 17-19; "Fall," (Fall 1987), pp. 18-21; "Winter," (Winter 1988), pp. 8-11; "Spring," (Spring 1988), pp. 12-15. ________. "The Second Lighthouse of my Life [Presque Isle]." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1990), pp. 14-19. Bander, Judy Bloodgood. "Family Roots at Sandy Hook." Lighthouse Digest (Aug 2001), pp. 16-17. ________. "Lost in the Pages of Time: The Back River Lighthouse." Lighthouse Digest (Sep 2000), p. 8. Bock, Margaret. "Lighthouse Memories [Keeper John Ninde Buckridge]." The Keeper?s Log X (Summer 1994), pp. 27-30. Bradner, Lawrence H. "Experiencing the Hurricane of ?38 in a Lighthouse [Plum Beach]." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1993), pp. 14-19. Brown, R. Wilson. "A Colorful Chapter in Lighthouse History [Fannie May Salters & Turkey Point Light]." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1948), p. 15. ________.________ [Catherine Walker, Keeper, 1886-1916]. Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1948), p. 15. Champney, Stella M. "Lighthouse Memories: Drama of the Lonely Men." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1995), pp. 20-24. ________. "Lighthouse Memories: Four Days of Terror: Winter on Michigan Island." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1996), pp. 13-17. ________. "Lighthouse Memories: 12 Children on a Rock in Lake Superior." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1996), pp. 18-21. ________. "Lighthouse Memories: When Storms Lash Lighthouses." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1996), pp. 6-10. Clayton, Richard. "Dedication to Duty [Wind Point Lighthouse]." Lighthouse Digest (May 2000), pp. 26-27. ________. "In Memory of Mrs. McCobb [James A. McCobb--Keeper of Burnt Island Light]." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 2001), pp. 16-17. Claflin, Jim. "Collecting Nautical Antiques: Lighthouse Insignia?" Lighthouse Digest (Aug 2001), p. 34. Clifford, Candace. "Only Yesterday: Stephen Woolverton, Keeper of the Cleveland Harbor Lighthouse, 1831-1838." The Keeper's Log (Fall 1999), pp. 14-16. Clifford, Mary L. "Lighthouse Memories: Emma Tabberah at Cumberland Head [1904-19]." The Keeper?s Log X (Winter 1994), pp. 16-17. Clover, Marian. "At Night I Light the Light..." The Compass 1 (1986), pp. 26-31. D'Entremont, Jeremy. "Coast Guard Days at Portsmouth Harbor [Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse & Portsmouth Harbor Lifeboat Station]." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 2003), pp. 8-10. ________. "Memories of Coast Guard Days at the Gurnet [Plymouth / Gurnet Lighthouse]." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 2003), pp. 22-24. DeWire, Elinor. "The Dogs of the Lighthouses." Dog Fancy (Dec 1983), pp. 20-22. ________. "Here's to the Wickies Wherever They Are." Yachtsman 21 (Nov 1986), pp. 24-29. ________. "Keepers in Skirts." Sea Frontiers (Jan-Feb 1983), pp. 16-21. ________. "Lighthouse Adventures." Trailer Boats (Oct 1986), pp. 42-43, 62-64. ________. "Lighthouse Cats." Cat Fancy (Jun 1985), pp. 42-45. ________. "Spectres [sic] on the Spiral Stairs." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1986), pp. 8-11. ________. "Whale Rock's Keeper Walter B. Eberle, 1898-1938." Lighthouse Digest (Apr 2001), pp. 12-13. "Device to Awaken Light Keepers." Lighthouse Service Bulletin I, 4 (Apr 1912), p. 14. Duffy, F.J. "His Light Still Glows in Brooklyn [Frank Schubert]." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1995), pp. 24-25. Fabrizio, Richard. "Her [Constance Small] Life as a Keeper of Lighthouses." Lighthouse Digest (Sep 1997), pp. 2-3. "Former Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse Keeper Revisits Past." The Bay Pilot, Issue 7 (Fall/Winter 2000), pp. 12-13. Franke, Radford. "A Keeper?s Life." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1988), pp. 14-18. Gallant, Clifford. "Emily Fish: The Socialite Keeper." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1985), pp. 8-11. ________. "Mind the Light, Katie [Walker]." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1987), pp. 16-18. Gamage, David A. "Frederic W. Morong, Jr. (1883-1947) District Machinist, U.S. Lighthouse Service; Author of Brasswork: The Lightkeepers' Lament." Lighthouse Digest (Jun 2000), pp. 4-5." ________. "Whitehead Light Station, St. George, Maine." The Keeper's Log (Fall 2000), pp. 2-11. ________. "White Head Light Station: Childhood Memories." Lighthouse Digest (Aug 2000), pp. 35-37. Garrish, Walter P. "He Saved a Lighthouse During a Dedicated Career." Lighthouse Digest (May 2001), pp. 10-11. Gibbs, Juliette. "Alaskan Lighthouses, Truth or Consequences, and My Grandfather." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 2003), pp. 4-6. Hart, Frederick C., Jr. "Keepers of the Matinicus Light: Isaac H. and Abbie E. (Burgess) Grant and Their Families." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 150 (Oct 1996), pp. 391-416. Hill, Ralph E. "Lighthouse Memories: Life on Crossover Island." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1991), pp. 18-22. Hornbake, George R. "Loyal Reader Describes Life on Pacific Coast Lighthouse." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1948), p. 4. "Ida Lewis, Grace Darling, 52 Years Keeper of Lime Rock Light-house." Along the Coast I, No. 6 (Aug 1909), p. 12. "Instruction of Lighthouse Keepers in Modern Lighthouse Practice." Lighthouse Service Bulletin V, 3 (Mar 1936), pp. 11-12. Johnson, Lenore. "Lighthouse Memories." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1991), pp. 16-19. Kane, Charles E. "Light Keeper Turns to Radio." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1941), pp. 30, 51. Keene, Thomas L. "How to be a Lighthouse Keeper." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1947), pp. 28-29. ________. "'Take My Hand and Stroll With Me to Yonder Lighthouse...' Being and Introduction to the Life of a Lighthouse Keeper." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1948), pp. 27-28. Kobbe, Gustav. "Landing on the Ledge." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1995), pp. 18-19. [Reprint of 1891 Century Magazine article]. ________. "Life in a Lighthouse (Minot's Ledge)." Century 47 (Jan 1894). "The Lamplighter." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 15 (Dec 1958), p. 227. Laverty, Tom. "Lighthouse Memories: The Navesink Keepers." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1991), pp. 14-17. Lesser, Morris. "Life at a Lighthouse." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1953), p. 45. "A Lighthouse Tended By Women: The Biloxi Light, Seventy-seven Years of Age, Still Gleams Along the Old Spanish Trail." The Mentor 13, No. 6 (Jul 1925), p. 51. "Lighthouse Yarns Pass into History." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1932), pp. 28-29. Livingston, Dewey. "The Keepers of the Light: Point Reyes." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1991), pp. 16-19. ________ "Point Reyes." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1991), pp. 2-15. "The Longest Helm [at Cape Hatteras]: Unaka Benjamin Jennette--Keeper, U.S. Lighthouse Service." Lighthouse Digest (May 2001), pp. 6-9. McFadden, Dan. "'Romance Had Nothing to Do With It.' My Year Aboard Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse." Atlantic Lighthouse & Coastal Connections I, No. 2, pp. 4-5. "Memories of Alligator Reef." Lighthouse Digest (May 2001), pp. 28-29. "Memories of Life at Maine's Petit Manan Lighthouse." Lighthouse Digest (May 1999), pp. 10-11. Merkel, Jim. "Family Memories of Little Sable Point Light Station." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 2001), pp. 20-25. ________. "90th Anniversary Celebration to Recall Earlier Days at Split Rock." Lighthouse Digest (Jul 2000), pp. 4-5. ________. "St. Louis Car Salesman Recalls Old Times at Maine [Mount Desert Rock] Lighthouse." Lighthouse Digest (May 2000), pp. 29-30. [Minot Ledge] "They Kept a Good Light--Memorial Dedicated to Minot Keepers Who Perished." Lighthouse Digest (Jul 2000), pp. 22-25. "Modern Conveniences Boon to Only Woman Lighthouse Keeper [Fannie May Salters]." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1945), pp. 36-37; (Oct 1945), p. 50. Mooney, Michael J. "Tragedy at Scotch Cap." Sea Frontiers (Mar-Apr 1975), pp. 84-90. Moore, Mary Jane. "Tending the Sea's Lights [Mary Adelaide Bacon]." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1931), pp. 10-11. ________. "Tending the Sea's Lights [New Canal L.S.]." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1931), pp. 10-12. ________. "Tending the Sea's Lights. Two Women are Active." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1931), pp. 10-12. Moreth, Ed. "Former Lightkeeper Recalls Alaska Duty [Cape Sarichef]." Commandants Bulletin (Feb 1990), pp. 30-33. ________. "It?s a Dirty Job, and the Crew of the Red Birch Loves to Do It [renovating the Baltimore Lighthouse]." Coast Guard (Dec 1997), pp. 16-17. ________. "Ted Pedersen: An Alaskan Lighthouse Keeper." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1990), pp. 16-19. ________. "West Point Light Reaches 100th Anniversary." Commandants Bulletin (Dec 14 1981), pp. 8-9. Morehead, Bob. "Last of the Lamplighters [Don Johnson]." Commandants Bulletin (Jan 1996), pp. 32-33. Morong, Fred. "Brasswork or the Lighthouse Keeper's Lament." The Keeper's Log (Spring 2001), p. 29. ________. "It's Brasswork." Lighthouse Digest (Jun 2000), p. 6. Morong, Shirley. "Family Tradition -- The Morong Keepers." The Keeper's Log (Spring 2001), pp. 26-29. ________. "Lighthouse Memories: I Remember Race Point, MA." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1998), pp. 14-15. "New Tender Honors Woman Keeper: Barbara Mabrity and Her Amazing Part of U.S. Lighthouse History." Lighthouse Digest (May 1999), p. 13. Noble, Dennis L. "Wickies As Life Savers." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1997), pp. 20-21. O'Brien, Diane Roesing. "Grandfather Was the Light-Keeper." Lighthouse Digest (Sep 2001), pp. 4-5. [Foster Reed--Maine lighthouse keeper] Olson, Elna. " Lighthouse Memories: My Life on Outer Island." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1993), pp. 20-22. "Only Yesterday: Scotch Cap Light Station--Alaska." The Keeper's Log (Summer 2000), pp. 24-27. "Only Yesterday [Tucker Beach]." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1991), pp. 22-23. Owens, Cora I. "Lighthouse Memories, Part I." The Keeper's Log (Spring, 1989) pp. 14-19; "Part II," (Spring 1990), pp. 20-25; "Point Arena (Part III)," (Fall 1989), pp. 21-29; "Point Cabrillo (Part IV)," (Spring 1990), pp. 20-25. "Pages From the Past: Bolivar Point Lighthouse Texas." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1995), pp. 26-27. "Pages From the Past: Captain Ludlow; Ex-Keeper Ryan?s Story of Point Reyes." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1993), pp. 22-23. "Pages From the Past: Farallon Islands." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1992), pp. 20-22. "Pages From the Past: A Letter From Montauk Point Light Station." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1998), pp. 24-26. "Pages From the Past: Manitou Island." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1994), pp. 21-23. "Pages From the Past: Outer Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior: O.K. Hall?Keeper." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1994), pp. 22-24. "Pages From the Past: Outer Island, Lake Superior." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1995), pp. 24-27. "Pages From the Past [Pensacola Lighthouse]." The Keeper's Log (Fall 1999), pp. 2-4. "Pages From the Past: Presque Isle Lake Huron." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1995), pp. 26-27. "Pages From the Past: Rock Harbor Light Station." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1993), pp. 22-25. "Pages From the Past: Sand Island Light Station." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1997), pp. 30-33; (Winter 1997), pp. 18-22. "Pages From the Past: Transcript of a Talk Given by Edward Aubry Brooks to a First Baptist Church Men's Class About 1940." The Keeper's Log (Fall 2000), pp. 16-19. "People of Point Bonita." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1997), pp. 14-15. Perrault, Carole L. "The U.S. Light-House Board: Guardian of Liberty [Light Station], 1886-1902." The Keeper?s Log II (Summer 1986), pp. 6-18. "Photo Journal of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Keepers." Lighthouse Digest (May 2001), pp. 12-13. Pritikin, Robert C. "The Man in the Lighthouse." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1953), pp. 14-15. "Punishments [Lighthouse Service personnel]." Lighthouse Service Bulletin, 1912-1939 [column in each edition]. Railton, Arthur R. "Cape Poge Light: Part I." The Keeper?s Log X (Spring 1994), pp. 2-12; "Part II" (Summer 1994), pp. 8-20; "Part III," XI (Fall 1994), pp. 10-20; "Part IV: Family Tragedy at Cape Poge Light," XI (Winter 1995), pp. 16-17. Raube, David. "Only Yesterday: Humboldt Bay Memories." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1997), pp. 12-16. Raymond, Ruth. "Lighthouse Memories: Race Rocks Light Station." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1990), pp. 18-22. Richtman, Penny. "Memories of Eaton's Neck Lighthouse." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 2000), pp. 3-5. Roberts, Seamond M. "Lighthouse Memories: Dumpling Rock." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1992), pp. 18-20. Rozin, Skip. "Who Mourns the Vanishing Wickies?" Audubon Magazine (May 1972), pp. 30-35. Rutherford, Don. "Disaster at Scotch Cap." The Keeper?s Log (Winter, 1986), pp. 12-14. Schwabel, Peg. "The Lighthouse Army of Two." Cobblestone II (June 1981), pp. 34-37. Seestedt, Katheryn P. "Emily of Bois Blanc Lighthouse." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1994), pp. 30-31. Semones, Jo-Ann. "Pigeon Point: A Lighthouse and Its People." Mains'l Haul 37, No. 2 (Spring 2001), pp. 22-29. "Service Insignia [USLHS]." Light House Service Bulletin II, No. 34 (Oct 1, 1920), p. 146. "Service Insignia for [USLHS] Keepers? Uniforms." Light House Service Bulletin II, No. 23 (Nov 1, 1919), pp. 97-98. Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl. "A Carpenter Built the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse." Lighthouse Digest (May 1999), pp. 4-8. ________. "Hatteras Keepers Family Homecoming." Lighthouse Digest (May 2001), pp. 3-5. ________. "Lost in the Dusty Pages of Time, Few Know of the Hatteras Beacon Light." Lighthouse Digest (May 2001), p. 11. ________. "Rare Outer Banks Documents of Lifesaving Stations and Lighthouses Discovered on West Coast: Copies Donated to the Outer Banks History Center in Manteo." Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Lighthouse News III, No. 2 (Summer 1997), pp. 4-5. Sinclair, Robert L. "What's Life Really Like at a Coast Guard Lighthouse?" Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1953), pp. 26-29. Stasesek, Wally. "The Life and Times of John W. Astrom: Pt. Sur Lighthouse Headkeeper, 1909-1927." Lighthouse Quarterly (Fall 1997), pp. 1-2. Tag, Thomas A. "American Made Lenses." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1997), pp. 20-26. ________. "A Bit Unusual: The Search for Alternative Lighthouse Fuels." The Keeper's Log (Winter 2000), pp. 10-15. ________. "The Doty Dilemma: Technological Advancements in Lighthouse Lamps and Subsequent Infringement." The Keeper's Log (Summer 2000), pp. 28-33. ________. "Early American Lighthouse Illumination." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1998), pp. 16-27. ________. "From Braziers and Bougies to Xenon, Part I." The Keeper's Log (Fall 2002), pp. 28-33. ________. "The Genius and the Mentor [Augustin Jean Fresnel, Dominique Fran?ois Jean Arago, and the Ecole Polytechnique]." The Keeper's Log (Spring 2002), pp. 16-22. ________. " The Great Improver [Lieutenant Colonel David Porter Heap]." The Keeper's Log (Fall 1999), pp.. 24-29. "Tells of Hawaiian Light Station Duty [Letter by John Brennan]." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1956), pp. 15, 58. Trapani, Robert, Jr. "Absecon Lighthouse." The Bay Pilot 2, Issue 1 (Spring 2000), p. 30. ________. "Behind the Scenes. . .The Cape May Lighthouse Maintenance Team Quietly and Successfully Maintains the Structural Integrity of the Delaware Bay Lighthouses." The Bay Pilot 1, Issue 4 (Winter 1999), pp. 11-14. ________. "U.S. Coast Guard and DRBLHF Write a New Chapter in Delaware Bay Lighthouse History [Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse]." The Bay Pilot, Issue 12 (Summer 2002), pp. 3-4. ________. "The Vanishing Legacy of Keeper Aaron Kimmey." The Bay Pilot, Issue #12 (Summer 2002), pp. 9-12. "Uniforms Required of Former Lighthouse Service Personnel." Coast Guard Bulletin I, 8 (Feb 1940), pp. 55-56. "United States Coast Guard Lighthouse Maintenance Team Cape May: Spotlighting DC1 Ralph C. Maddocks." The Bay Pilot: Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. No. 6 (Summer 2000), p. 7. Vanderwoude, Carol Ann. "Fresnel-Genius of Illumination." Sea Frontiers (Nov-Dec 1981), pp. 322- Wager, John. "Lighthouse Memories: John Wager on the Tender Hemlock." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1993), pp. 24-27. Weeks, Alice. "Harry Weeks - The Keeper's Son: A Point Conception Lighthouse Keeper's Son." The Keeper's Log (Winter 2001), pp. 10-17. Wheeler, Wayne. "Augustin Fresnel and His Magic Lantern." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1985), pp. 8-11. ________. "The Fresnel Lens." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1985), pp. 12-14. ________. "The Keeper Wore Skirts [Ida Lewis]." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1984), pp. 6-9. ________. "The Keepers of Cape Flattery." The Keeper's Log (Summer 2001), p. 9. ________. "Mount Desert Rock." The Keeper's Log (Spring 2001), pp. 2-9. ________. Editor. "Tinkham Tales: Based on the Journals of Lighthouse Engineer Ralph Tinkham." The Keeper's Log (Fall 2000), pp. 20-25. ________. Editor. "Tinkham Tales II: Based on the Journals of Lighthouse Engineer Ralph Tinkham." The Keeper's Log (Winter 2001), pp. 18-25. ________. Editor. "Tinkham Tales III: Based on the Journals of Lighthouse Engineer Ralph Tinkham." The Keeper's Log (Spring 2001), pp. 22-24. ________. Editor. "Tinkham Tales IV: Based on the Journals of Lighthouse Engineer Ralph Tinkham." The Keeper's Log (Summer 2001), pp. 10-11. Willoughby, Barrett. "Lighthouse Keeper at the End of West [Ted Peterson, Head Keeper of Cape Sarichef LHS]." Lighthouse Digest (Mar 1999), pp. 27-33. Worthylake, George. "Lighthouse Memories: The Saga of Abbie Burgess Grant." The Keeper's Log (Winter 1999), pp. 13-15. ________. "Obscure Cuttyhunk and its Light Station." The Keeper's Log (Fall 2002), pp. 8-11. ________. "Old Point Loma." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1997), pp. 2-11. ________. "Only Yesterday: Ballast Point, San Diego." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1997), pp. 34-35. ________. "Only Yesterday: Billingsgate." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1993), pp. 26-27. ________. "Only Yesterday: Bridgeport, Connecticut Lighthouse." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1999), pp. 16-18.. ________. "Only Yesterday: Cape Shoalwater (Willapa Bay)." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1995), pp. 22-25. ________. "Only Yesterday: Desdemona Sands." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1995), pp. 28-29. ________. "Only Yesterday: Egg Rock, Massachusetts." The Keeper's Log (Winter 2000), pp. 8-9. ________. "Only Yesterday: Greenbury Point and Shoal Lighthouses." The Keeper's Log (Summer 2001), pp. 12-15. ________. "Only Yesterday: Horn Island." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1995), pp. 32-33. ________. "Only Yesterday: Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1998), pp. 22-25. ________. "Only Yesterday: The Little Known Lighthouse of New Buffalo, Michigan." The Keeper's Log (Summer 2002), pp. 8-13. ________. "Only Yesterday: Mahon River Light Station." The Keeper's Log (Spring 2002), pp. 23-25. ________. "Only Yesterday: Mare Island Light Station." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1998), pp. 16-17. ________. "Only Yesterday: Mayo Beach." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1994), pp. 24-26. ________. "Only Yesterday: Point Adams." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1993), pp. 20-21. ________. "Only Yesterday: Punta Gorda, Lightstation." The Keeper?s Log (Fall 1992), pp. 23-27. ________. "Only Yesterday: Roe Island Light Station Suisun Bay." The Keeper?s Log (Summer 1992), pp. 22-25. ________. "Only Yesterday: Santa Barbara." The Keeper?s Log (Winter 1993), pp. 18-21. ________. "Only Yesterday: Shinnecock." The Keeper?s Log (Spring 1992), pp. 24-27. "Young Coast Guard Family Enjoys Life in a Light House." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1956), pp. 22-23, 57. Worthylake, George. "The Keeper's New Clothes." The Keeper's Log (Fall 2001), pp. 24-29. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Books & Published Government Documents: Adamson, H.C. Keepers of the Lights. New York: Greenburg Press, 1955. Alexander, B.S. Minot's Ledge Lighthouse: A Brief Memoir by the Late Lieut. Col. B.S. Alexander. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1879. Boutry, Georges A. Augustin Fresnel: His Time, Life and Work, 1788-1827. London: John Murray, 1949. Carse, Robert. Keepers of the Lights: A History of American Lighthouses. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. Clifford, Mary Louise, & J. Candace Clifford. Nineteenth-Century Lights: Historic Images of American Lighthouses. Alexandria, VA: Cypress Communications, 2000. ________. Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers. Williamsburg: Cypress Communications, 1993. DeWire, Elinor. Guardians of the Lights: The Men and Women of the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1995. Engel, Norma. Three Beams of Light: Chronicles of a Lightkeeper?s Family. San Diego: Tecolote Publications, 1986. Fleming, Candace & James Watling. Women of the Lights. Albert Whitman & Co., 1995. Hurley, Neil E. Keepers of Florida Lighthouses, 1820-1939. Alexandria: Historic Lighthouse Publishers, 1990. Jones, Dorothy H., & Ruth S. Sargent. Abbie Burgess: Lighthouse Heroine. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. [Fiction] Korpela, Janet Winn. Ira Winn: Lighthouse Pioneer: A Story Based on the Handwritten Account of a Craftsman From Portland, Maine (1817-1916) Who Contributed to the Building of the Early American Lighthouses. Fairport, NY: By the author, 2000. Kozma, LuAnne Gaykowski. Living at a Lighthouse: Oral Histories from the Great Lakes. Detroit: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association,/Harlo Printing, 1987. Living at a Lighthouse: Oral Histories From the Great Lakes. Allen Park, MI: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, 1987.. Allen Park, MI: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, 1987.. Allen Park, MI: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, 1987. Lowry, Shannon, & Jeff Schultz. Northern Lights: Tales of Alaska?s Lighthouses and Their Keepers. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1992. Mair, Craig. A Star for Seamen: The Stevenson Family of Engineers. London: J. Murray, 1978. McShane, Myron. The Presqu?ile Lighthouse: Its History and Its Keepers. [?????] Murphy, Elspeth C. The Mystery of the Haunted Lighthouse. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1995. Oleszewski, Les. Keepers of Valor, Lakes of Vengeance. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 2000. Shelton-Roberts, Cheryl & Bruce Roberts. Lighthouse Families. Birmingham, AL: Crane Hill Publishers, 1997. Small, Constance. Lighthouse Keepers Wife. Orono: University of Maine Press, 1986. Smith, Nora Archibald. Children of the Lighthouse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924. Sterling, Robert T. Lighthouses of the Maine Coast and the Men Who Keep Them. Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Daye Press, 1935. Stonehouse, Frederick. Great Lakes Lighthouse Tales. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, 1998. ________. Lighthouse Keepers & Coast Guard Cutters: Heroic Lighthouse Keepers and the Coast Guard Cutters Named After Them. Gwinn, MI: Avery Color Studios, Inc., 2000. Wass, Philmore B. Lighthouse in my Life: Story of a Maine Light Keepers Family. Down East Books, 1987. |
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