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Gift of the Winds: A Tale of Hendricks Head Lighthouse
It was a lonely lighthouse, tucked far out on a Peninsula. Its function was to protect the ships at sea from the treacherous shoals of coastal Maine. Jacob and Sarah had done their job well all these keeping the lamp lit and sounding the warning horn whenever necessary. And now, unable to help, they watched as the violence of a late winter storm took out its fury on a helpless schooner.Sailing from distant Ireland, the ship held many of the Irish immigrants who were escaping from the lingering effects of the terrible devastation of the potato famine.Would there be survivors from this catastrophe? This is the tale still told today that surrounds that mysterious event.
210 pages, Paperback
Published September 7, 2023
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March 3, 2018
Emerson brings young plucky people in extraordinary situations alive and with it an historical context that never feels like a history lesson. I buy her books for young relatives but always sneak in a quick read before presenting them!
March 1, 2018
This story was so intriguing I wonder if it really happened.
February 19, 2023
Great tale of a Maine nor’easter that was hard to put down. Lots of interesting factoids.
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