# Light Hearted ep 336 – Author Bob Napolitano and “The Lighthouse Keeper”

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Published: 2026-02-08T05:00:25+00:00
Episode link: https://news.uslhs.org/2026/02/08/light-hearted-ep-336-author-bob-napololitano-and-the-lighthouse-keeper/
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## Resource

Bob Napolitano is from Everett, Massachusetts, and now lives in Londonderry, New Hampshire. “The Lighthouse Keeper,” which was published last year, is his seventh book. The main character, John Russell, takes a job as the keeper of the Willamette River Lighthouse in Oregon at the age of 27 in 1923. He sees the lighthouse as a place to heal from unfortunate decisions he’s made in his life, but he eventually wonders if it’s more of a prison than a sanctuary. Shanghaied sailors, brothel barges, opium and bootleg liquor, and floating bodies all play a part in the story. Bob Napolitano The primary setting of the story is the Willamette River Light Station, which stood at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, about ten miles north of downtown Portland, Oregon. It was established in 1895. After it was decommissioned, it eventually burned down, leaving just a few pilings. Willamette River Lighthouse, Oregon. USLHS archives.

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