MWSA Book Review

Guiding the way from Middle Neebish
 

Author: Edward T. Cook

Publisher:  Bookstand Publishing

Reviewer: Prof Andrew Lubin--MWSA Lead Reviewer

One man's look at his father's calling.

This book should be 200 pages longer. Author Edward Cook has written a48 page book on his grandfather’s years as a lighthouse keeper on the Middle Neebish Lighthouse Station, on one of the Great Lakes. With minimal attention to detail, Cook recounts vignettes of his family’s life on the island, along with some equally sparse details covering his father’s schooling and growing up.

There are many excellent photos embedded in the text, which fortunately provide more detail and description to the book’s era than does the large-print text.
 

In view of the family photos Cook takes pains to include, one can only wish he’d made the same effort to describe his grandfather, his father, and their lives as lighthouse keepers during one of the most interesting times in the commercial history of the Great Lakes.
 

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