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Summary: New York Public Library Award winning biography
Review: "Keeper of Lime Rock" was recently honored by the New York Public Library as a new listing in its 2003 Books for the Teenage. It is listed as one of only seven new listings under the category of "Remarkable People." Although not originally written for a teen audience, it has clearly found appeal among that market and I couldn't be more thrilled.
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Summary: New York Public Library Award winning biography
Review: "Keeper of Lime Rock" was recently honored by the New York Public Library as a new listing in its 2003 Books for the Teenage. It is listed as one of only seven new listings under the category of "Remarkable People." Although not originally written for a teen audience, it has clearly found appeal among that market and I couldn't be more thrilled.
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Summary: amazing woman
Review: Amazing woman in the land of the brave and the free.Not often I'm moved so deeply by a book but "Keeper of the lime rock" truly touch me in a way that speaks to the soul, it awakens that same awe that one has in the presence of someone amazing ,an Olympian of the soul. The author did a great job bringing Ida's life to us .I easy visualized her in her daily life and doing the astounding deeds of saving lives and moving through time and space with a Herculean life force in a small woman's body. The things this woman did move any person man or woman to think at what potential am I living my life? And inspiring us to possible try living with more richness of courage in our lives. This is a must read book specially if you need inspiration in your life!!!!
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Summary: Fascinating.....A Must Read
Review: I have summered in Newport for many years and never knew about this truly historic heroine. This summer I will surely make it a point to take a moment to remember the life and times of
Ms. Lewis. She wasn't your typical Newporter by any stretch of the imagination. Fascinating....a must read!
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Summary: The Keeper of Lime Rock
Review: I have to say that more in depth information would have been good.The only reason I say this is because I am the great, great, great grand-daughter of Ida Lewis and I have Just recently found this out, I think more about the family and life of Ida Like when she use to pull the plank so that my grandmother could not get to the light house, because Ida wanted to be alone. We have the certificates that were presented to my grandmother from the president of the united states, after her death. So much was missed for a bioagraphy.
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Summary: Time stands still for no man, or woman for that matter
Review: I read this book in a day. I was so taken by the life story of Ida Lewis and her many rescues in the harbor at Newport Rhode Island I could not put it down. I grew up in the area and I can't imagine how her very existence was unknown to me, until I was so lucky as to pick up this book in passing. The first woman lighthouse keeper, she made her first rescue at the age of 15 while living on Lime Rock with her family. Weighing all of 103 pounds her 18 documented feats of bravery over the years were nothing short of a miracle. Her modesty in the face of the attention showered upon her was a sight to behold. She was a woman with a purpose and the safety of the voyagers in her realm was of the utmost priority. In her lifetime her notoriety would bring even presidents to her rock in the harbor. At the age of 69, bureaucracy and a changing world of technology would shake the core of Ida's ways, upsetting her lifelong endeavors of keeping the light, and bringing things to an end for her. This was an inspiring book and extremely well researched. The author was diligent in searching out and documenting her sources, since Ida was not one to keep a journal. Where there was any question Skomal is quick to explain how she arrived at the material that she chose to include in the book.. Kelsana 7/31/02
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Summary: This book is a joke
Review: I would prefer not to give this any star at all.I can't imagine how any self-respecting publishing company accepted this book and then released it without ever having an editor work on it. Ms. Skomal needed an editor in the worst way. The book was so full of awkward sentences, childish constructions and misused words that sometimes I laughed out loud. Perhaps the problem arises from the fact that the book is mercilessly padded. There's good magazine article here and nothing more.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: Ida Z. Lewis is the rarest of individuals: courageous; noble; sure. Yet even in the face of world renown, she remains at heart a simple Yankee woman, passionate about the sea and her commitment as the Keeper of Lime Rock. Lenore Skomal has written a tale that will inspire landlubbers and seafarers alike. A book to be read and passed along so Ida's star shines long and bright. -- An Oregon coast reader
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: The story of Ida Lewis is a most remarkable tale, but the manner and style in which Lenore Skomal wrote it is absolutely inspiring. Throughout history women have traveled many roads - some not so easy...this not only takes us down a bumpy road but an encourageing one to say the least. I join Ms. Skomal in celebrating Ida Lewis and encourage others to do the same.
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Summary: Inspired book on woman hero
Review: This is a great book from the historical value...to the woman hero ....to the adventures of rescues ...and the conflict within a person so brave yet so shy...it's inspiring....it's a must read...
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