The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir by John Cook and Jon Bauer

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly tail edge. Interior and binding are still excellent.

In Tasmania, John Cook is known as: 'The Keeper of the Flame'. John's renowned as one of the last kerosene keepers: he spent part of his 26-year career in Tasmanian lighthouses tending kerosene, not electrical, lamps.

He joined the lighthouse service in 1969 after a spell in the merchant marine. Far from reviling work on isolated islands such as Tasman and Maatsuyker, Australia's southernmost lighthouse, he discovered that he loved the solitude and delighted in the sense of purpose that light-keeping gave him. He did two stints on Tasman, in 1969-71 and 1977, and was the head keeper on Maatsuyker for eight years.