by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts & Bruce Roberts

We look at lighthouses today and see symbols of solitude, endurance, hope and caring. But there is another way of looking at them-we can look at them as "home." During the first part of the twentieth century light stations were home to more than 5,000 US Lighthouse Service keepers and employees and their families. These are not people who seek attention for themselves-they are quite people who lived under strict government rules and made family and work their top priorities. These behind-the secenes heroes literally put their lives on the line to make America's coastal and inland waterways safe, a key factor in the development of our nation's lucrative and prolific shipping industry. This book tells some of these tales.

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