02388cam a2200421 i 4500 651157513 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 200331s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020006294 9780823443482 hardcover $18.99 0823443485 hardcover $18.99 (OCoLC)1150827128 TxAuBib rda Spires, Elizabeth,. Kate's light [HC] : Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse / Elizabeth Spires ; illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. Kate Walker at Robbins Reef Lighthouse. First edition. New York : Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House, [2021] ©2021. 37 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (page 37). "When Kate Kaird immigrated with her young son Jacob from Germany to America in 1882, she couldn't have predicted the surprising turn her life would take. She soon met and married John Walker, keeper of the Sandy Hook Lighthouse. They moved to Robbins Reef Lighthouse in New York Harbor in 1885 and she became assistant keeper. At first Kate wondered if she could live in such a lonely place, but she gradually grew to love life at Robbins Reef. When her husband died several years later, she was determined to stay on. After convincing the Lighthouse Board that she could do the job alone, Kate was appointed permanent keeper of the lighthouse, becoming one of the first women on the Eastern seaboard to be put in charge of an offshore lighthouse. She lived there 34 years and was known for her many rescues."--Provided by publisher. 20230213. Jcat 20210728 pjr. Walker, Kate, 1848-1931 Juvenile literature. Robbins Reef Lighthouse (N.J.) Juvenile literature. Women lighthouse keepers New Jersey Biography Juvenile literature. Lighthouse keepers New Jersey Biography Juvenile literature. McCully, Emily Arnold, illustrator.