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1 online resource (114 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography.
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Women lighthouse keepers. |
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Biographies.
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Women lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- History.
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History. |
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Lighthouse keepers -- Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography.
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Lighthouse keepers. |
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Lighthouses -- Michigan, Lake, Region.
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Lighthouses. |
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Michigan, Lake, Region -- History.
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Michigan, Lake, Region -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mason, Kathy S. Women Lighthouse Keepers of Lake Michigan : Heroic Tales of Courage and Resourcefulness. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012 9780773426092 |
| ISBN |
9780773411302 (electronic book) |
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0773411305 (electronic book) |
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