Name: Lester the Lighthouse book published and sold on Beaver Island, 1981
Start: 1981
End: 1981
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1981
Kind: Publication
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: publicationheritagecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The combined July–August 1981 issue introduced Lester the Lighthouse, a children’s book by Elaine West with illustrations by Archie LaFreniere about animal friends on Beaver Island.

Evidence limits

The notice confirms the book and local sales location but gives no publication date beyond the issue, print run, publisher, or bibliographic identifier.

Sources

"To All Small Fry," Beaver Beacon, July–August 1981 combined issue.
Introduces a book written by Elaine West, daughter of Helen Pike, and illustrated by Archie LaFreniere, describing the adventures of Lester's animal friends on Beaver Island; copies were available at LaFreniere souvenir shops. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1981-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July–August 1981 combined issue, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held twelve-page PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1981-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Lester the Lighthouse book published and sold on Beaver Island, 1981”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lester-the-lighthouse-book-1981/, accessed [date], citing "To All Small Fry," Beaver Beacon, July–August 1981 combined issue. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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