Highlights the work of Harriet Colfax, one of the first female lighthouse keepers who worked for forty-three years keeping the light burning in the Michigan City Lighthouse off Lake Michigan. Includes a glossary.
Luis de Vargas, an aspiring priest who is raised by his uncle after his mother's death, travels to his father's town to meet a young widow and becomes conflicted about his own feelings for her and his loyalty to his father.
