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Title: The Lighthouse Stevensons : The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson by Bella Bathurst, HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0060932260 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 07 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29
Rating: 4
Summary: An enjoyable read
Comment: I found this book to be a fast and informative read. I am neither a lighthouse enthusiast nor a Stevenson literary junkie but still managed to enjoy my time spent reading the book.
I can see where this blend of biography, history, and engineering would be too thin to please serious lighthouse fans, literary historians, or marine engineers.
However, for the general reader, the book succeeds nicely in combining a selected history of the Stevenson family, their works for the Northern Lighthouse Board, and the family's impact on Robert Louis Stevenson.
It is an interesting account of the difficulties overcome in the creation of some of Scotland's most magnificent lighthouses. The author knows how to turn a fun phrase which adds to the reading a bit of an Easter egg hunt for bon mots.
The typographical errors previously mentioned have been corrected in the paperback edition.
Rating: 5
Summary: Masters of lighthouse construction
Comment: "Extraordinary" is certainly the appropriate term for Bathurst's excellent documentation of the incredible Stevenson family of lighthouse engineers. Up to this time, most of the attention toward this families accomplishments has focused on the author, Robert Louis Stevenson, and left others of his amazing family in the dust. Bathurst's research is impressive and her ability to tell this story is thorough, yet highly enjoyable(I missed my bus twice.). The most exciting part really is about patriarch Robert Stevenson's building of the lighthouse at Bell Rock. You can feel the sense of horror as Stevenson notices their ship has pulled away from it's moorings, and his realization that death may be near as the tide rises. If you don't have a summer book yet, and you like good non-fiction. Try this one!
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting read for those who love the sea !
Comment: I must disagree with the earlier reviewers. While the book would have benefited from a more thorough editing and proofreading process, I nonetheless greatly enjoyed reading it. It appeared to be well researched and the author obviously has a passion for the subject. I found the Stevenson family fascinating. The descriptions of the building of the lighthouses, particularly the great ones; Eddystone, Bell Rock, and Skerryvore, imparted a sense of both the excitement in attempting such daunting projects and the tremendous difficulties that were overcome to build the structures. I also enjoyed the illustrations, but wish that more had been included. I would recommend this book to anyone having an interest in the history of lighthouses or maritime engineering.
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Title: Scottish Lighthouses by Sharma Krauskopf ISBN: 076270943X Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Book Lover's Page-A-Day 2003 by Thomas J. Craughwell ISBN: 0761125094 Publisher: Workman Publishing Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm by Jeanne Marie Laskas ISBN: 055338015X Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 02 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach ISBN: 0375758453 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Victoria's Daughters by Jerrold M. Packard ISBN: 0312244967 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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