The Keeper Of Lime Rock: The Remarkable True Story Of Ida Lewis, America's Most Celebrated Lighthouse Keeper
By Lenore Skomal.
Description
Ida Zoradia Lewis (1842-1911) was seeking neither fame nor fortune when she grabbed the oars and took to the choppy waters off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. Her goal was to rescue two drowning soldiers. Though her father, Captain Hosea Lewis, was the lighthouse keeper of record, he had become too infirm to conduct his daily duties let alone perform a dangerous rescue in a snowstorm. With the help of her little brother this 103-pound young woman succeeded in saving the men. Ida had made her first rescue at the age of fifteen, but it wasn't until this save--...
ISBN(s)
0762413093, 9780762413096
