The Long Hill Report is with Guest John Small on September 4, 2025 to discuss his book

John Small is with us to bring to life the lighthouse and its place in the maritime history here in Massachusetts and the U.S. He is the author of The Small Family Legacy: A Journey of Ingenuity, Sea and Story.The Smalls, on Cape Cod, provided the land and personnel for the early light on the far Cape.In 1786, Congress appropriated the money and the light was built on the Small’s land in 1796.John goes into depth explaining the operational history of the light house which was, early on, family history.The Smalls would interact with a famous American man of letters, Henry David Thoreau.The land was always shifting which John speaks to.The work was boring, except when it wasn’t with storms and wrecks. Was it haunted?In these latter days, the light is automated. John will be coming out with a children’s book on the theme of a lighthouse with a mouse family,