Praise for Sentinel of the Seas
“A uniquely comprehensive, extensively researched maritime history…A fascinating, informative tale related with powerful, intimate urgency.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“…Another classic masterpiece. This is great adventure reading, brilliantly written.”
—Richard R. Blake, Reader Views
“An absorbing narrative. . . a classic American tale told in impressive detail.”
—Cherie Burns, author of The Great Hurricane: 1938
“Thrilling. . . I'm still shivering from the cold sea spray.”
—Phil Scott, author of Hemingway’s Hurricane
“A magnificent story of hardship, isolation, and human achievement.”
—James Clifford, author of Double Daggers
“Reads like a novel, minus the fiction.”
—Elinor DeWire, author of The Lightkeepers' Menagerie and Guardians of the Lights
"A page-turning thriller that pits man against nature; a true story of raging seas and ghost ships; an entertaining and informative read."
—Tim Wohlforth, author of No Time to Mourn
“A must for historians, lighthouse aficionados, and armchair travelers.”
—Don Marshall, author of California Shipwrecks
“Meticulous, action-packed, memorable.”
—Sandra MacLean Clunies, Historian, Chesapeake Chapter, U.S. Lighthouse Society
“Masterful, comprehensive . . . full of drama, an intriguing story of men against the sea.”
—Jim Gibbs, author of Pacific Graveyard and Peril at Sea; owner/operator, Cleft of the Rock Lighthouse, Yachats, Oregon
“A fitting tribute to the men who toiled, suffered, and even sacrificed all to build and keep America's most expensive lighthouse.”
—Kraig Anderson, www.lighthousefriends.com
Other Reviews/Interviews:
Reader Views (Interview with Dennis M. Powers): http://readerviews.com/InterviewPowersSentinel.html
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Sentinel of the Seas: Life and Death
at the Most Dangerous Lighthouse Ever Built