The Island Called Faulknerʼs
By: by Joel E. Helander.
Publisher: J.E. Helander
Published: 1988 12
Place of publication: Guilford, CT, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780935600094
Copyright date: 1988
Subjects: Falkner Island Light Station (Conn.) -- History.; Falkner Island (Conn.) -- History.
Description: "More history of men and ships -- ships and sea -- more human-interest stories than could ever be recorded, have transpired within the borders of little Faulkner's Island..." That's what Joel Helander has written about the crescent-shaped drumlin in Long Island Sound off the mainland of Guilford, Connecticut; and that's in large part, what inspired him to produce this definitive island history. From the ice age to the aboriginals; from the European explorers to the island's first farmers; from the heroic lightkeepers to the national wildlife refuge -- his epic account unravels into an absorbing historical adventure. Faulkner's Island is a beloved landmark known up and down the coastlines of Connecticut and New York. Mainlanders and mariners have been enamored of its friendly beacon for over 100 years. With the automation of United States lighthouses, light stations have emerged as important institutions in our national heritage. That the light station can be remembered and remembered to be appreciated is one aim of Helander's hitherto unwritten history of the island called Faulkner's.
--front flap
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introductory                                     i-ix; title: 1              An Island in the Ice Age                         1; title: 2              Aboriginals                                      4; title: 3              European Explorers                               7; title: 4              Town of Guilford Interests                       11; title: 5              The First Private Owners                         13; title: 6              Red Clover and a Scow                            15; title: 7              Medad Stone and the U.S. Government              23; title: 8              Solomon Stone and Eli Kimberly                   40; title: 9              Captain Oliver N. Brooks                         56; title: 10             Twentieth Century Keepers                        102; title: 11             The Fire of 1976                                 124; title: 12             Post-Fire                                        137; title: 13             Goose Island                                     146; title: 14             Doomsday by Erosion                              153; title: 15             A Nomination                                     160; title: Acknowledgements; title: Footnotes; title: Index