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Lighthouses & Keepers

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From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States. Among the most recognized structures of the maritime world, these lonely sentinels by the sea have long been the subject of paintings and photographs. Today they continue to capture public imagination as Americans flock to their sites for visits and volunteer to help preserve these endangered structures. This book covers all aspects of the subject, not only lighthouses and lightships but buoys, buoy tenders, fog signals, and their keepers. The work is as rich in historical information as it is in rarely seen photographs, and fourteen maps guide readers to the exact locations of the lighthouses. Readers are also treated to stories of shipwrecks and rescues, including the extraordinary story of Ida Lewis, head keeper of the light at Lime Rock, Rhode Island, who rescued eighteen people from the sea.


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Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 15, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781612513454
  • Release date: January 15, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781612513454
  • File size: 8856 KB
  • Release date: January 15, 2014

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781612513454
  • File size: 135282 KB
  • Release date: January 15, 2014

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
PDF ebook

Languages

English

From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States. Among the most recognized structures of the maritime world, these lonely sentinels by the sea have long been the subject of paintings and photographs. Today they continue to capture public imagination as Americans flock to their sites for visits and volunteer to help preserve these endangered structures. This book covers all aspects of the subject, not only lighthouses and lightships but buoys, buoy tenders, fog signals, and their keepers. The work is as rich in historical information as it is in rarely seen photographs, and fourteen maps guide readers to the exact locations of the lighthouses. Readers are also treated to stories of shipwrecks and rescues, including the extraordinary story of Ida Lewis, head keeper of the light at Lime Rock, Rhode Island, who rescued eighteen people from the sea.


Expand title description text
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Naval Institute Press

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 15, 2014

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781612513454
    Release date: January 15, 2014

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781612513454
    File size: 8856 KB
    Release date: January 15, 2014

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781612513454
    File size: 135282 KB
    Release date: January 15, 2014

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English