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| Author | : Tom Beard |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2017-08-01 |
| Genre | : Photography |
| ISBN | : 1599621401 |
A spectacular collection of America’s most iconic and stunning lighthouses. Through gorgeous photography, this book celebrates these unique and magnificent beacons and their history. The construction of lighthouses began as this new nation’s first public-works project in 1789 and established the United States as a maritime world power by making ports safe for navigation. These structures—many still active and serving their original purpose even in the era of global positioning systems—are living museums, yet they often prove difficult to access for visitors due to their necessary remoteness. From Maine’s West Quoddy Head on the easternmost headlands to the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and the West Coast lighthouses from New Point Loma to New Dungeness and Michigan’s Grand Haven Pier Lighthouse, the images here will delight both the armchair traveler and those who have taken the back roads or trekked across sandy beaches to visit these special and often artful buildings. This is a great gift for lovers of lighthouses, boaters, and those who live or dream of living on the seashore.
| Author | : Samuel Willard Crompton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9781592231027 |
The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores — and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings — has captivated our collective imagination. More than simply picturesque, the lighthouse has become an enduring symbol of salvation, fortitude, and heroic folklore. The Ultimate Lighthouse Book is a panoramic, lavishly illustrated history of these legendary buildings and celebrates the rich heritage of our ancestors’ courageous efforts to guide mariners through treacherous seas and storms. Over 200 color photographs are featured in this fully revised, expanded and updated edition.
| Author | : Hudson River Maritime Museum |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1467103306 |
Lighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue of Liberty. This fascinating history with photos will bring the time of traffic along the river alive. Set against the backdrop of purple mountains, lush hillsides, and tidal wetlands, the lighthouses of the Hudson River were built between 1826 and 1921 to improve navigational safety on a river teeming with freight and passenger traffic. Unlike the towering beacons of the seacoasts, these river lighthouses were architecturally diverse, ranging from short conical towers to elaborate Victorian houses. Operated by men and women who at times risked and lost their lives in service of safe navigation, these beacons have overseen more than a century of extraordinary technological and social change. Of the dozens of historic lighthouses and beacons that once dotted the Hudson River, just eight remain, including the iconic Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor's great monument to freedom and immigration, which served as an official lighthouse between 1886 and 1902. Hudson River Lighthouses invites readers to explore these unique icons and their fascinating stories.
| Author | : Michael J. Rhein |
| Publisher | : Chartwell Books |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2018-02-27 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0785836047 |
The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores--and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings--has captivated our collective imagination. A celebration of one of America's purest landmarks, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses is a must-have for any home.
| Author | : Jazmina Barrera |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2022-05-10 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781949641349 |
Equal parts personal memoir and literary history, Jazmina Barrera's "collection" of lighthouses explores the allure of loneliness and asks how we use it to create meaning
| Author | : Cheryl Shelton-Roberts |
| Publisher | : UNC Press Books |
| Total Pages | : 477 |
| Release | : 2019-03-08 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1469641496 |
Of the over four dozen lighthouses that once marked the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 miles of coast. These beacons are cherished monuments of North Carolina history. In addition to warning ships to safer waters, they now draw thousands of visitors each year. With this book, cofounders of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Cheryl Shelton-Roberts and Bruce Roberts provide a well-researched, human-centered, and beautifully illustrated history of these towering structures. The authors offer stories—including the misadventures of Civil War spies and the threat of looming German U-boats off the North Carolina coast—that provide important context and meaning to the history of North Carolina's lighthouses. From Cape Fear to Currituck Beach, every still-standing lighthouse is lovingly described alongside their architects, builders, and keepers and the sailors who depended on the lighthouses to keep them from harm.
| Author | : John Penrod |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 9780942618365 |
| Author | : Ray Jones |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2010-08-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0762766425 |
Lighthouses and ghosts are two popular passions. Melded together by master storyteller and lighthouse expert Ray Jones, these tales of spirited lights are guaranteed to grab the attention of all readers. As an added bonus, practical information is given for those who wish to visit the featured lighthouses for themselves . . . if they dare.
| Author | : Marie-Haude Arzur |
| Publisher | : Thomas Reed |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016-09-06 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9781472930408 |
Lighthouses hold a perennial fascination for all sorts of people--an indicator of danger, a beacon of the sea, filled with history and romance, and a magnet for coastal walkers, holiday makers, and tourists. This book is a beautifully presented panorama of over 150 lighthouses from 56 countries around the world, all of which are accessible, and many of which can be visited. From lighthouses boldly beaming their lights from clifftops, to those clinging to the edge of cliff faces, this is a spectacular and unusual celebration of lighthouses from every continent. With details of their height, year of build, history, and accessibility to visitors, this is both a practical as well as an aspirational collection which will inspire and enthrall anyone who is drawn by the romance of the iconic lighthouse. This is a wonderful gift book in original packaging and a novel format which is just perfect for presenting lighthouses in all their glory.
| Author | : John Batchelor |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 52 |
| Release | : 1995-02-23 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780486283128 |
Detailed drawings re-create 36 famous lighthouses of the United States and Canada, including those in Cape Hatteras, Montauk Point, Cape Cod, West Quoddy Head, Tybee Island, and other places along the shorelines of North America. Captions accompanying these accurately rendered illustrations provide valuable background information on location, height, and date of construction of each lighthouse.
