Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse
The end pages are intriguing! It contains a depiction of the port of New York in 1892.
German immigrant Kate Kaird, who is a widow, arrives in America determined to work hard to provide a good life for her son Jacob. John Walker, a lighthouse keeper, soon notices her energy and determination and marries her. Together they run the lighthouse at Sandy Hook Lighthouse and eventually the lighthouse at Robbins Reef. When John dies from complicatons from pneumonia, Kate resumes his position and finally retires at the age of seventy-one! The difficulties, the hard work required and the loneliness of a lighthouse keeper are depicted well.
A stunning book!
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
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