To Keep the South Manitou Light

Acknowledgments

Of great assistance when I needed information about South Manitou Island’s lighthouses were Kimberly Mann, historical architect, and Bill Herd, National Park ranger, at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore office in Empire, Michigan. For help with various drafts of the story, I must thank my fellow writers and friends Jane Freeman, Robyn Eversole, and Marc Harshman, and my husband, Kim. Any mistakes or omissions are my own. For their encouragement and friendship I would like to thank Linda Kucan, Sandy Vrana, Phyllis Wilson Moore, Debbie Benedetti, Mary Loomis, Rosi Miller, Charley Hively, and countless other teachers, librarians, and friends who have been so supportive. With special thanks to my family—the West Virginia Egans and the Michigan Smuckers. 105 Acknowledgments ...