Stargazing : memoirs of a young lighthouse keeper /
Hill, Peter,1953-
Edinburgh : Canongate,
2003.
In 1973, Peter Hill was 19 with hair well past his shoulders and a great set of Captain Beefheart albums. During the summer break from art school in Dundee he took a position of relief lighthouse keeper and found himself living with three men on a tiny, remote island off the west coast of Scotland. This charming memoir follows the year that Peter spent in the job, meeting unusual and fascinating people, learning the lore, and experiencing a way of life that has now all but disappeared.
In 1973, Peter Hill was 19 with hair well past his shoulders and a great set of Captain Beefheart albums. During the summer break from art school in Dundee he took a position of relief lighthouse keeper and found himself living with three men on a tiny, remote island off the west coast of Scotland. This charming memoir follows the year that Peter spent in the job, meeting unusual and fascinating people, learning the lore, and experiencing a way of life that has now all but disappeared.
Hill, Peter, 1953-
Lighthouse keepers
Lighthouse keepers
Lighthouses
Nineteen seventies.