Women lighthouse keepers of Lake Michigan : heroic tales of courage and resourcefulness / Kathy S. Mason ; with a foreword by Mark R. Polelle.

By:

Mason, Kathy S, 1970- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (iv, 85 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780773411302
0773411305

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women lighthouse keepers of Lake Michigan.DDC classification:

386/.8550925209774 23

LOC classification:

VK1139 .M37 2012

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Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; List of Color Photographs; List of Historical Images; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter I: Introduction: Leading Lonely Lives; Chapter II: Careful in the Discharge of Her Duties; Chapter III: A Devotion to Duty; Untitled; Chapter IV: Long and Faithful Service; List of Color Photographs; Chapter V: A Tenuous Position; Chapter VI: Conclusion: The Dimming Lights; Bibliography; Index; Author Bio.

Summary: This book focuses on the fascinating careers of the women who tended lighthouses on Lake Michigan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores with great acuity how a number of special women gained their lighthouse positions and dealt with unique challenges of their time and place.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book focuses on the fascinating careers of the women who tended lighthouses on Lake Michigan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It explores with great acuity how a number of special women gained their lighthouse positions and dealt with unique challenges of their time and place.

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