The Story of Minot's Light: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Story of Minot's Light by Edward Rowe Snow: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 8 original MP3 tracks, 3:17:12 running time and a link to listen.
The Story of Minot's Light, credited to Edward Rowe Snow, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Story of Minot's Light by Edward Rowe Snow. Read in English by Mark Harrington. Minot's Ledge lies off the coast of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts. This ledge and neighboring rock outcrops were the scene of over 40 shipwrecks in the early and mid-1800s. The first lighthouse built on Minot's Ledge was an iron pile design—a spidery construction drilled with difficulty into the ledge. This first lighthouse was destroyed by a storm in under two years, killing two lighthouse keepers. The second, and current, lighthouse was built over five years, completed in 1860, and remains in service today. This book covers the marine history of the rocky coast, the tragedy of the first lighthouse, and the incredible challenges of building the current lighthouse on rock that was only revealed at low tide for 80 minutes a day. - Summary by Mark Harrington
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Story of Minot's Light
- Author credits: Edward Rowe Snow
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 8
- Listed recording duration: 3:17:12
Catalogue topics
- lighthouses
- shipwrecks
- minot's light
- minot's ledge
- cohasset ma
- new england seacoast
Track guide
- 01 - Introduction; Early History — 17:44
- 02 - The Building of the Tower — 22:15
- 03 - The First Lighthouse — 26:32
- 04 - The Tragedy — 13:41
- 05 - The Granite Tower — 47:18
- 06 - Keepers of the New Beacon — 43:11
- 07 - Stories and Legends — 12:36
- 08 - A Visit to the Light — 13:55
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