Lighthouse Families

Point Arena Lighthouse: California
 
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse: North Carolina
 
Passage Island Light Station: Michigan
 
St. Augustine Lighthouse: Florida
 
Cape Flattery Light Station: Washington
 
Huron Island Light Station and Old Mackinac Point Light Station: Michigan
 
Croatan River Light and Long Shoal River Light: North Carolina
 
Point Reyes Light Station and Pigeon Point Light Station: California
 
Morris Island/Charleston Light Station: South Carolina
 
Saddleback Ledge Light Station and Tenants Harbor Light Station: Maine
 
Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station: Florida
 
Bodie Island Lighthouse: North Carolina
 
Outer Island Light Station: Wisconsin

From the previous edition:
"America has a love affair with lighthouses. In an age of satellites and computers, lighthouses have been relegated to serving as monuments of bygone times, but tourists still flock to them, wondering what life must have been like for those long-since-departed keepers. In their first collaboration, Shelton-Roberts and her husband, a lighthouse historian and photographer, offer readers a chance to have that solitary experience vicariously in this collection of stories by people who grew up in a "lighthouse family." The lighthouses covered here are found throughout the United States, but the experiences and hardships faced by their families are similar in many respects. The authors have done an admirable job of gathering together in one volume the stories of these lighthouse "children." They even offer readers a chance to experience one aspect of their spartan lives: each has contributed a favorite family recipe. This belongs on the shelves of every public library." --Joseph L. Carlson, Vandenberg AFB Lib., Cal.,  Library Journal
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc

Lighthouse Families is the winner of the 2006 Foundation for Coast Guard History Book Award in the Lighthouse History category. The judges called it ""a refreshing look at lighthouse history, covering a specific aspect of lighthouse life usually reserved for add-on chapters in books on the general topic. --Foundation for Coast Guard History

Bruce Roberts was director of photography for Southern Living and has published photos in Sports Illustrated, Time, Life, and many other national magazines and newspapers. His wife, Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, traveled to the lighthouses with her husband, interviewing the families and researching and writing their stories.

New paperback edition of original hardback published by Crane Hill in 1997. A record of the memories and stories of America’s lighthouse keepers. Descriptions of daily life at a lighthouse.