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The last lighthouse keeper: a memoir John Cook with Jon Bauer ; read by Lewis Fitz-Gerald.

The last lighthouse keeper: a memoir John Cook with Jon Bauer ; read by Lewis Fitz-Gerald.
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ISBN 9781004026791
Shelf Location TB/COO
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Author Cook, John author.
Title The last lighthouse keeper : a memoir / John Cook with Jon Bauer ; read by Lewis Fitz-Gerald.
Edition MP3 edition.
Publication Details [Chatswood, NSW.]:
2020. W F Howes/Wavesound Pty. Ltd.,
©2020.
Collation 1 MP3 (approximately 570 minutes) :
General Note Biography genre label on spine.
Abstract/Summary A beautiful memoir from John Cook, one of Tasmania's last kerosene lighthouse keepers. A story about madness and wilderness, shining a light onto the vicissitudes of love and nature. "I loved the life of the island, because I knew my body was more alive than those on the mainland. People asked how we stood the isolation and boredom, but in some ways, it was more stimulating to have your senses turned up to the top." In Tasmania, John Cook is known as 'The Keeper of the Flame'. As one of Australia's longest-serving lighthouse keepers, John spent 26 years tending Tasmania's well-known kerosene 'lights' at Tasman Island, Bruny Island, Eddystone Point and Maatsuyker Island. From sleepless nights keeping the lights alive, battling the wind and sea as they ripped at gutters and flooded stores, raising a joey, tending sheep and keeping ducks and chickens, the life of a keeper was one of unexpected joy and heartbreak. But for John, nothing was more heartbreaking than the introduction of electric lights, and the lighthouses that were left empty forever. Evocatively told, The Last Lighthouse Keeper is a love story between a man and a dying way of life, as well as a celebration of wilderness and solitude.
Subject Cook, John
Lighthouse keepers -- Tasmania -- Biography
Lighthouse keepers -- Tasmania -- Anecdotes
Lighthouses -- Tasmania -- History
Solitude -- Psychological aspects
Island life -- Anecdotes
Animal health
Weather control
Biography
Nonfiction
Audio books MP3 collection
Other Author Bauer, Jon
Fitz-Gerald, Lewis
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