The Last Lighthouse Keeper: The Seasons, Storms, and Shipwrecks of California’s Bill Owens
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The Last Lighthouse Keeper tells of the extraordinary life of Bill Owens, a keeper with the United States Lighthouse Service on California’s coast for thirty-two years. While raising six daughters with wife Isabel, Owens experienced the Depression, World War II, plane crashes, storms, and Japanese subs. At Point Conception, he encountered shipwrecks and rum runners. At Point Sur, isolation and hardship. At Point Arena, joy and heartbreak. And at Point Cabrillo, a stormy conclusion to a career threatened by the coming of automated lighthouses. Drawing from days of face-to-face interviews with Bill and Isabel in the 1980s, McDowell crafts a riveting portrait of a man, a family, and an era of lighthouse men never to be seen again.
Bob Welch, author of American Nightingale and The Wizard of Foz, says the book is "so vivid you can smell the salt air." And Tom Wilmer, host of the Lowell Thomas Award-winning NPR Podcast “Journey’s of Discovery with Tom Wilmer,” says: "The story was so wonderfully told that I was in tears by the end of the read.”
ASIN: B0C2S1JH9S
VSKU: DBV.B0C2S1JH9S.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:McDowell, Stuart
Binding: Paperback
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Condition Notes: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!
ASIN: B0C2S1JH9S
VSKU: DBV.B0C2S1JH9S.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:McDowell, Stuart
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!
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