A Watch in the Night: The Story of Pomquet Island's Last Lightkeeping Family

By Ruth Edgett

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A Watch in the Night chronicles the struggles of one Nova Scotia family to survive on a tiny windswept island without running water, electricity, or reliable communication with the mainland. For thirty-six years, George and Ruth Millar tended the Pomquet Island light, raised generations of livestock, brought up their six children, and lived through violent storms and other weather disasters.A Watch in the Night is not a dry account of lightkeeping life, but rather a tale in which faith, ingenuity, and tenderness triumph over adversity.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1551096110

ISBN13:9781551096117

Release Date:April 2007

Publisher:Nimbus Publishing (CN)

Length:196 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.4" x 8.7"

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