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29325. Karentz, Varoujan. Beavertail Light Station on Conanicut Island. Booksurge. 2008.

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29325. Karentz, Varoujan. Beavertail Light Station on Conanicut Island. Booksurge. 2008.

29325. Karentz, Varoujan. Beavertail Light Station on Conanicut Island. Booksurge. 2008. 242p. Soft wraps. For over 250 years, America’s 3rd oldest lighthouse has stood as a sentinel at the entrance of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. The author tells the story of technological innovation and federal bureaucratic conflict as four different organizations, beginning in 1749, attempt to improve operations and reliability of the light station there. Woven into this history, the author follows the early slave trade and Colonists who insisted that the lighthouse be built, and describes the work ethics and reporting requirements of the generations of ‘Keepers’ who tended the light. (M). $24.99