Abbie Burgess, lighthouse heroine

"A fictionalized biography of teen-age lighthouse heroine Abbie Burgess who became a legend to sailors for her vigil on Matinicus Rock, an island off the coast of Maine."@en
"Abbie Burgess was only fourteen when she first stepped upon Matinicus Rock, off the coast of Maine. But she was no ordinary girl, as her life there proved. When her father was forced to sail to the mainland for desperately needed supplies, she tended the two light towers alone, as well as her family. During those harrowing weeks she battle record storms and starvation. Accounts of her bravery made her a legend among New England seafarers. From Publishers description."@en
"A fictionalized biography of teen-age lighthouse heroine Abbie Burgess who became a legend to sailors for her vigil on Matinicus Rock, an island off the coast of Maine."