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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A Novel Homer Hickam. To John Gaskill and Rany Jennette, sons of the keepers, guardians of the light This page intentionally left blank C R Pamlico Sound MOR.
... light the lamp in the Killakeet Lighthouse and he would do it all by himself. Before Josh lay an apron of brown sand and the vast, great Atlantic Ocean, but he did not look at the blue-gray sea as either vast or great. It was simply his ...
... light, had placed at the third landing. It was inscribed with the words from the old hymn “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning”: Brightly beams our Father's mercy From His lighthouse evermore; But to us He gives the keeping Of the lights ...
... light to warn the freighters, tankers, warships, fishing boats, banana boats, and every other kind of vessel that they were passing through what had been called for centuries the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Below the waves were the ...
... light the lamp. The Lighthouse Service had graciously allowed the Thurlows to have a family cemetery behind the Keeper's House. Josh wanted to tell his mother about getting to keep the light, and he also needed to tell her how Jacob was ...
Contents
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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 |