In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
Relates the true story of Abbie Burgess, a young girl who kept the lighthouse at Matinicus Rock, Maine, lit when her father, the lighthouse keeper, was away during a storm that lasted several weeks in 1856.
In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
