The Importance of Being Ernie

Year 2012

Creator Brian Gersten

Contributor

Story type Writing

Town

County Lincoln

Description

Ernie DeRaps spend his time painting lighthouses in order to preserve the often forgetten history of lighthousekeepers. Brian Gersten speaks to DeRaps about his time as a full-time keeper of four lighthouses throughout Maine, and how his art has given him a new purpose.

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