Lighthouse Ghosts
Published on 17. October 2015
176 pages
978-1-56164-865-8 (ISBN)
Description
Thirteen tales of ghost haunting American lighthouses. Includes photographs of each lighthouse by Bruce Roberts. The lighthouses included are:
- Old Presque Isle Lighthouse on Lake Huron, Michigan
- Plymouth Lighthouse, Massachusetts
- Heceta Head Lighthouse, near Florence, Oregon
- Big Bay Point Lighthouse, Lake Superior, Michigan
- St. Augustine Lighthouse, Florida
- Batter Point Lighthouse, Crescent City, California
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina
- Seguin Island Lighthouse, near Georgetown, Maine
- Seul Choix Point Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, Michigan
- Old Port Boca Grande Lighthouse, Gasparilla Island, Florida
- Minots Ledge Lighthouse, near Scituate and Cohasset, Massachusetts
- Point Lookout Lighthouse, near St. Mary's City, Maryland
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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.
Content
- A "Neat Old Lady" and a "Neat Old Man" Take Care of the Keepers
- Heceta Head Lighthouse near Florence, Oregon
- Head Keeper William Prior Still Wants Things Done His Way
- Big Bay Point Lighthouse on Lake Superior near Big Bay, Michigan
- A Young Girl, a Cigar Smoker, a Tall Older Man, and Albert MakeTheir Presence Known
- St. Augustine Lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida
- The "Misty Friends" Keep the Caretakers Company
- Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City, California
- Lovely Theodosia Still Walks the Beach Looking for Her Portrait
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on the Outer Banks, North Carolina
- Piano Music and the Sound of a Bouncing Ball Fill the Keeper's Dwelling
- Seguin Island Lighthouse on Seguin Island off the Atlantic coast near Georgetown, Maine
- A Cigar-Smoking Prankster Stays One Step Ahead of the Docents
- Seul Choix Point Lighthouse on Lake Michigan near Gulliver, Michigan
- A Little Girl Sometimes Plays Upstairs in the Keeper's Dwelling
- Old Port Boca Grande Lighthouse on Gasparilla Island in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida
- The Forever-Young Assistant Keeper Warns Mariners Away from Cohasset Rocks
- Minots Ledge Lighthouse off the coast near Scituate and Cohasset, Massachusetts
- A Diligent Keeper Still Stands Watch
- Point Lookout Lighthouse near St. Mary's City, Maryland
- The "Real" Keeper
- Split Rock Lighthouse on Lake Superior near Two Harbors, Minnesota
- For More Information about Lighthouses
- About the Authors
