The lighthouse Stevensons : the extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson / Bella Bathurst.

Main entry:

Bathurst, Bella.

Title & Author:

The lighthouse Stevensons : the extraordinary story of the building of the Scottish lighthouses by the ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson / Bella Bathurst.

Publication:

Description:

xxiv, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) and index.
Yarmouth -- Northern Lights -- Eddystone -- The Bell Rock -- Edinburgh -- Skerryvore -- Muckle Flugga -- Dhu Heartach -- The Keepers.

Summary:

Relates the story of the ancestors of one of Scotland's greatest writers who built the nation's lighthouses under sometimes dire circumstances.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information

ISBN:

0060194278
9780060194277
0060932260
9780060932268

Subject:

Stephenson family.
Lighthouses Scotland History 18th century.
Lighthouses Scotland History 19th century.
Lighthouses
Stevenson family.
Scotland
Scottish engineers.
Lighthouses Great Britain Scotland 1790-1940.

Form/genre:

Biography
Collective biographies.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207927
Call No.: TA140.S847.9 B3 1999
Status: Available

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