The Lightkeepers' Menagerie - Stories of Animals at Lighthouses (Paperback)

Elinor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing, feathered, and finned keepers of the lights. Where else would a dog learn to ring a fogbell; a cat go swimming and catch a fish for its supper; or a parrot cuss the storm winds rattling its cage? Who other than a lightkeeper would swim a cow home, tame a baby seal, adopt an orphan alligator, send messages via carrier pigeons, or imagine mermaids coming to visit? The Lightkeepers' Menagerie gathers together animal stories from lighthouses all around the world, tales of happiness and sadness, courage and cowardice, tragedy and comedy, even absurdity. Sometimes, fur, feathers, and fins tell the best tales.

General

Imprint:	Pineapple Press Inc.,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	March 2007
Authors:	Elinor De Wire
Dimensions:	230 x 154 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-56164-391-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Domestic animals & pets > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-56164-391-2
Barcode:	9781561643912

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