The Keeper of Lime Rock : the remarkable true story of Ida Lewis, America's most celebrated lighthouse keeper / by Lenore Skomal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skomal, Lenore.

Contributor:

Worick, Jennifer, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lewis, Ida, 1842-1911.

Lewis, Ida.

Women lighthouse keepers--Rhode Island--Newport--Biography.

Women lighthouse keepers.

Lighthouse keepers--Rhode Island--Newport--Biography.

Lighthouse keepers.

Newport (R.I.)--Biography.

Newport (R.I.).

Lifesaving--Rhode Island--Newport--History.

Lifesaving.

Rhode Island--Newport.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

149, [3] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, 2003.

Contents:

Propelled to Notoriety

In the Beginning

The First Rescue

The Summer of '69

Keeping the Wick

The Rescues Continue: The Second, Third, and Fourth

Losing Heart

A Solitary Life (1881-1911)

In Death, Beloved

Epilogue: Ida Lewis Lighthouse.

Notes:

"Cover illustration: Copyright © 2001 VCG/Getty Images. Cover design by Whitney Cookman. Design by Serrin Bodmer. Edited by Jennifer Worick. Typography: AGaramond, Goudy, Cezanne, Vendome ICG, and Webdings. Map of Newport Harbor courtesy of the Newport Historical Society."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [145]-149).

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copieis 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copies are "1" printing.

ISBN:

076241538X

9780762415380

OCLC:

1019861068