Guiding Lights
The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women
$39.99
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2020
Summary
Women have a long history of keeping the lights burning, from tending ancient altar flames or bonfires to modern-day lighthouse keeping. Yet most of their stories are little-known. Guiding Lights includes true stories from around the world, chronicling the lives of the extraordinary women who mind the world’s storm-battered towers.
From Hannah Sutton and her partner Grant, the two caretakers living alone on Tasmania’s wild Maatsuyker Island, to Karen Zacharuk, the keeper in c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925820621 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925820629 |
| Author: | Shona Riddell |
| Publisher: | Exisle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Exisle Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 715g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“A unique, eloquent, and impressively informative study, Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women by Shona Riddell is an extraordinary and highly recommended addition to community, college, and university library Women’s Biography & History collections in general, and Lighthouse History supplemental studies reading lists in particular.”
– Midwest Book ReviewShona Riddell
Shona Riddell has a long-held fascination with lighthouses. A writer for 20 years (including her subantarctic history book Trial of Strength with Exisle), Shona lives with her husband and two daughters in Wellington, New Zealand. She enjoys cold, windy weather and stories about remote locations.
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