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Grace Horsley Darling (24 November 1815 – 20 October 1842) was an English lighthouse keeper's daughter. Her participation in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 brought her national fame.
Gaynor's October 2018 novel The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter was a USA Today and Irish Times bestseller. Shortlisted for a Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] the story of Grace Darling had fascinated Gaynor from a young age.
Abbie was the fourth of nine children of Samuel and Thankful (Phinney) Burgess, [1] [2] who moved to Matinicus Rock in 1853 to become its lighthouse keeper. [3] Although only 15, she soon took over duties of tending the lighthouse so that Samuel could fish and catch lobster, which he sold in Rockland, Maine, 25 miles (40 km) away.
Arielle is the daughter of noted author Sterling North, who wrote Rascal. She is also the niece of author, poet and editor Jessica Nelson North. She is one of the copyright owners of Sterling North's body of work. She now has three children and seven grandchildren, and is a resident of St. Louis, Missouri.
The Lighthouse Keepers (1929 film) The Lightkeepers (2009 film by Daniel Adams) Lighthouse Keeping Loonies (1975 TV series episode) The Lighthouse-Keeper's Daughter a.k.a. Manina, the Girl in the Bikini (1952 film) Pete's Dragon (1977 film by Don Chaffey) "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" (1971 song by Van der Graaf Generator)
Walker, c. 1909 Katherine Walker (née Katharina Görtler; November 25, 1848 [1] – February 5, 1931) was a German-American lighthouse keeper.. Walker tended the Robbins Reef Light in New York Harbor for more than 30 years after the death of her husband, Captain John Walker, who had been appointed keeper of the light in 1885. [2]
Years after Carrie Fisher's tragic death, her force lives on.. The Star Wars actress died on Dec. 27, 2016, at 60 years old, four days after going into cardiac arrest on a flight from London to ...
Sabé is one of Padmé Amidala's handmaidens. Sabé is the queen's decoy; for parts of the movie, the Sabé character is addressed as Amidala. She reappears in the Star Wars:Darth Vader comic series; shortly before the events of Return of the Jedi, Sabé seeks out Vader and attempts to kill him after she deems him responsible for killing Padmé ...