Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was first constructed in 1827 and still sends its beam out seventy-nine feet above sea level. Light keepers kept the lanterns burning from the 1820s through the 1930s, but they could not prevent every tragedy. Ships have crashed

Author: Trudy Irene Scee
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 06/15/2020
Series: Landmarks
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781467142243

About the Author
Scee, Trudy Irene: - This is historian and photographer Trudy Irene Scee's fifteenth book and a labor of love. While Scee writes for the general public, she also holds undergraduate degrees in forestry and history, a Master of Arts degree in history from the University of Montana and a Doctorate of Philosophy in history from the University of Maine. She has received a number of academic fellowships and awards and taught history at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, at the University of Maine and at Husson University in Bangor. She now works with disadvantaged and other youth part time, while working full time as an author. Dr. Scee has published a number of books on Maine history and culture, as well as on other subjects. She has also held photographic exhibits and worked as a journalist. Books of hers available through The History Press include City on the Penobscot: A History of Bangor, Maine, Since 1769; Tragedy in the North Woods: The James Hicks Murders; and Mount Hope Cemetery of Bangor, Maine: The Complete History. Additional works are underway. Dr. Scee lives in Maine.