The Lightkeepers' Menagerie

The Lightkeepers' Menagerie
Title The Lightkeepers' Menagerie PDF eBook
Author Elinor De Wire
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 345
Release 2015-10-17
Genre Photography
ISBN 1561648671

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Elinor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing, feathered, and finned keepers of the lights. Where else would a dog learn to ring a fogbell, a cat go swimming and catch a fish for its supper, or a parrot cuss the storm winds rattling its cage? Who other than a lightkeeper would swim a cow home, tame a baby seal, adopt an orphan alligator, send messages via carrier pigeons, or imagine mermaids coming to visit? The Lightkeepers' Menagerie gathers together animal stories from lighthouses all around the world, tales of happiness and sadness, courage and cowardice, tragedy and comedy, even absurdity. Sometimes, fur, feathers, and fins tell the best tales.

The Lightkeepers' Menagerie

The Lightkeepers' Menagerie
Title The Lightkeepers' Menagerie PDF eBook
Author Elinor De Wire
Publisher Pineapple Press Inc
Pages 354
Release 2007
Genre History
ISBN 1561643904

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"The Lightkeepers' Menagerie gathers together animal stories from lighthouses all around the world, tales of happiness and sadness, courage and cowardice, tragedy and comedy, even absurdity."--Page [4] cover.

Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Authors
Title Contemporary Authors PDF eBook
Author Amy Elisabeth Fuller
Publisher Contemporary Authors
Pages 456
Release 2007-09
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780787678876

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A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.

The Publishers Weekly

The Publishers Weekly
Title The Publishers Weekly PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 944
Release 2007
Genre American literature
ISBN

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Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast

Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast
Title Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Voyageur Press (MN)
Pages 162
Release 2011-03-11
Genre Photography
ISBN 0760339511

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Interest in the history and preservation of lighthouses has never been stronger. Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast details the history of lighthouses and much more, and shows why these structures continue to fascinate us. Discover what life for lighthouse keepers was really like. Learn about the history of U.S. colonial lighthouses and the role lighthouses have played in several wars. Meet the brave, nefarious, and colorful characters who served as lighthouse keepers and government overseers. Learn about lighthouse technology and architecture and find out how these treasures are being preserved.

A Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses

A Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses
Title A Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses PDF eBook
Author Laurie Penrose
Publisher
Pages 146
Release 1992
Genre Nature
ISBN 9780923756031

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The only guide to Michigan lighthouses that includes maps and directions. Also includes a black and white photo of each light, plus concise text that combines color description, fascinating history, and practical advice. A must-have resource for anyone who wants to find and photograph lighthouses in Michigan.

The Last Animal

The Last Animal
Title The Last Animal PDF eBook
Author Abby Geni
Publisher Catapult
Pages 184
Release 2013-09-16
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1619022605

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The Last Animal by Abby Geni is that rare literary find — a remarkable series of stories unified around one theme: people who use the interface between the human and the natural world to contend with their modern challenges of love, loss, and family life. These are vibrant, weighty stories that herald the arrival of a young writer of surprising feeling and depth. "Terror Birds" tracks the dissolution of a marriage set against an ostrich farm in the sweltering Arizona desert; "Dharma at the Gate" features the tempest of young love as a teenaged girl must choose between man's best friend, her damaged boyfriend, and a beckoning future; "Captivity" follows an octopus handler at an aquarium still haunted by the disappearance of her brother years ago; "The Girls of Apache Bryn Mawr" details a Greek chorus of Jewish girls at a summer camp whose favorite counselor goes missing under suspicious circumstances; "In the Spirit Room" centers on a scientist suffering the heartbreaking loss of a parent from Alzheimer's while living in the natural history museum where they both worked; in "Fire Blight" a father grieving over his wife's recent miscarriage finds an outlet for comfort in their backyard garden and makes a surprising discovery on how to cherish living things; and in the title story, a retired woman traces the steps of the husband who left her thirty years ago, burning the letters he had sent along the way, while the luminous and exotic wildlife of the Pacific Ocean opens up to receive her. Unflinching, exciting, ambitious and heartfelt, The Last Animal takes readers through a menagerie of settings and landscapes as it underscores the connection between all living things.