The Light on the Island

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By Helene Glidden

This special hard cover Collector’s Edition of the San Juan Island classic, The Light on the Island, celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the construction of the Patos Island lighthouse in 1893 where the story takes place. Helene Glidden’s unique sense of humor captures the spirit of adventure and hardships encountered by a lighthouse keeper’s large family on a remote island in the San Juan Islands from 1905 – 1913. This edition includes the missing chapter that was supposed to be in the original 1951 edition of the book but was deemed too risque at the time. It also includes a list of the lighthouse keepers, archival photos, and a research essay with a historical perspective about the story.