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Women Lighthouse Keepers of Lake Michigan [electronic resource] : Heroic Tales of Courage and Resourcefulness
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Kathy S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Lighthouses--Michigan, Lake, Region.
- Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Michigan, Lake, Region--History.
- Women lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Women lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region--History.
- Women lighthouse keepers--History--Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Women lighthouse keepers.
- Lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region.
- Lighthouse keepers.
- Lighthouses.
- Michigan, Lake, Region.
- Local Subjects:
- Lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Lighthouses--Michigan, Lake, Region.
- Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Michigan, Lake, Region--History.
- Women lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region--Biography.
- Women lighthouse keepers--Michigan, Lake, Region--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (114 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1130-5
- OCLC:
- 796384593
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