Description
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, lonely hours between trips to the mainland for food and supplies? Here you'll find a record of the charming memories and stories of America's lighthouse keepers, including descriptions of daily life at a lighthouse.
Author: Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, Bruce Roberts
Publisher: Pineapple Press
Published: 10/01/2013
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.67d
ISBN13: 9781561646319
ISBN10: 1561646318
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | United States | General
- Travel | Special Interest | General
About the Author
Cheryl Shelton-Roberts taught school in North Carolina and Virginia for twenty years before retiring to work alongside husband Bruce, traveling the country to collect lighthouse stories and producing books about them. Bruce Roberts, a former director of photography and senior photographer for Southern Living magazine, began his photojournalism career at The Tampa Tribune. Bruce's photographs have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Time, Life, and Time Life Books. Bruce has won numerous international, national, and state awards, and some of his photographs are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Bruce and his wife, Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, coauthored the best-selling Lighthouse Families. Bruce and Cheryl live in Morehead City, North Carolina.