Download or read book The Original Biography of Abbie Burgess Lighthouse Heroine written by Ruth Sexton Sargent and published by . This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.