The Keeper's Son: A NovelMacmillan, 2007 M04 1 - 352 pages In 1941, Killakeet Island of the wind-swept Outer Banks of North Carolina is home to a tiny, peaceful population of fishermen, clam stompers, oyster rakers, and a few lonely sailors of the Coast Guard. Dominating the glorious, raw beauty of the little island is the majestic Killakeet Lighthouse, which for generations has been the responsibility of one family, the Thurlows. |
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... gives the keeping Of the lights along the shore. Near the top, the stairs spiraled into the watch room where Josh would pour the kerosene into a holding tank, then pump air into it until there was enough pressure to feed the mantle in ...
... give to another. Josh could already imagine how proud he'd be to show the little boat he'd “wrecked” to his father and how jealous the other boys would be when he sailed circles around them with it. He managed to play a neat little ...
... give chase. The workboat was a boat better sailed with two men but he'd taken it out alone before. He could easily do it. Why, he said to himself, he could be out and back in just a few minutes. But what to do with Jacob? The solution ...
... give up the chase, take Jacob home, and be ready at twilight to light the lamp. But Josh didn't give up. He kept chasing until at last he tacked up to the boat and got a hand on it. To his delight, he discovered it was just as pretty ...
... give a nickel for each of my trunks if you boys will help move them,” she called. Then she nodded back to the ferry where sat four steamer trunks and the mate gazing at them and scratching up under his cap. It had taken two husky ...
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DEATH I SAID | 143 |
BUT THERE THE SILVER ANSWER RANG | 315 |
NOT DEATH BUT LOVE | 403 |
HISTORICAL NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 421 |