3rd edition. Hard cover. What was it like to live and work at a lighthouse during the heyday of shipping and fishing? How did lighthouse keepers and their families stationed on remote islands while away the long, cold, and often lonely hours between trips to the mainland for food and supplies? There are many surprises in these oral histories, gathered over a period of six years with in-person interviews with keepers’ descendants and historians. If left to be done today, these stories would be long lost and irretrievable.

Winner of the Foundation for Coast Guard History Award for its Lighthouse History category 2007 “...as a refreshing look at lighthouse history, covering a specific aspect of lighthouse life usually reserved for add-on chapters in books on the general topic… The book enriches the lore of the early years of today’s Coast Guard, and ensures the proud heritage of the Service will be better understood and known to a wide audience.”

6 x 9, soft cover, 224 pages. By Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts.