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Publisher CommentsThis is the charming, well-written, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis, born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1842. After a stroke disabled her father, Captain Hosea Lewis (who in 1853 became the first keeper of Lime Rock Lighthouse), then fifteen-year-old Ida and her mother took over tending the Lime Rock Light from 1857 until 1872, when her father died. Ida is credited with saving 18 or more lives during her nearly 40... read more>>>
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Publisher CommentsStephen Puleo is author of the Boston Globe best seller The Boston Italians and the critically acclaimedDark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. A former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor to American History magazine, he holds a master's degree in history and wrote his thesis on Italian immigration and the settlement of Boston's North End. He donates a portion of his book proceeds to the... read more>>>
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Publisher CommentsA silent, simmering killer terrorized New England in 1911. A heat wave unlike any that had come before killed people in the streets, caused others to drown in the waters where they sought relief, and drove still others to suicide. As more than 2,000 people died during the natural disaster, another silent killer began her own murderous spree. Amy Archer-Gilligan operated the Archer Home for Elderly Pe... read more>>>
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