The Keeper of Lime Rock
Subtitle: The Remarkable True Story of Ida Lewis, America's Most Celebrated Lighthouse Keeper
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780762413096
Subjects: Biography: general; Maritime history; Rhode Island; Historical - U.S; Biography / Autobiography; Women; Biography & Autobiography; Newport; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Lewis, Ida,; Women's Studies - History; United States - 19th Century; Historical - General; 1842-1911; Biography; Lighthouse keepers; Lighthouses
First sentence: The wintry gale was coming in fast and furious, whipping the water around Lime Rock Lighthouse into a roiling frenzy, and sending icy blasts of wind against the house, clattering the windows of the kitchen.