To Keep the South Manitou Light

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© 2005 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 48201. All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced without formal permission. First paperback edition 2006. (ISBN 0-8143-3236-6) Manufactured in the United States of America. 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Smucker, Anna Egan. To keep the South Manitou light / Anna Egan Smucker. p. cm. Summary: After her grandfather's death in the fall of 1871, twelve-year-old Jessie bravely helps her mother take care of the lighthouse her family has kept for generations on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan, hoping that they will be allowed to continue to live and work there. ISBN 0-8143-3235-8 (cloth : alk. paper) [1. Lighthouses—Fiction. 2. Mothers and daughters—Fiction. 3. Courage—Fiction. 4. South Manitou Island (Mich.)— Fiction. 5. Michigan—History—19th century—Fiction.] I. Title. PZ7.S66478To 2004 [Fic]—dc22 2004017349 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. ISBN 978-0-8143-3235-1 (cl) ISBN 978-0-8143-3236-8 (pb) eISBN 978-0-8143-3996-1 ...