Lighthouses of Cape Cod and the Islands

Lighthouses of Cape Cod and the Islands
Author: Arthur P. Richmond
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780764324604

One of the attractions of Massachusetts destinations of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard is their rich array of lighthouses. These architectural feats pepper the shores, where most continue to warn passing ships of the dangers of landfall. Arthur P. Richmond, a well-known photographer of the Cape and Islands, has gathered forty views of their lighthouses, including some views of some interiors and at various seasons. Active lights and inactive lights are presented as beautiful color postcards. Perforated, they can be detached and sent to friends (at 40 cents apiece they are a good bargain), framed and hung on your wall, or kept intact as a souvenir of your summer vacation. This is also the perfect gift for the lighthouse enthusiast or visitor to the New England shore.

The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston's Maritime Beacon

The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston's Maritime Beacon
Author: Douglas W. Bostick
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625843712

Douglas Bostick, historian and former director of Save the Light, Inc., recounts the stories of the many lightkeepers and their families who braved meager provisions, low pay and grueling conditions living on a small island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor.

Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune

Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes: A History of Murder and Misfortune
Author: Dianna Higgs Stampfler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2022-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467149950

The author of Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses shares tales of disaster and misfortune on the Great Lakes. Losing one's life while tending to a Great Lakes lighthouse sadly wasn't such an unusual occurrence. Death by murder, suicide or other tragic causes--while rare--were not unheard of. Two keepers on Lake Superior's Grand Island disappeared one early summer day in 1908, their decomposed remains found weeks later. A newly hired and some say depressed keeper on Pilot Island in Wisconsin's Door County slit his own throat after a consultation with a local butcher about the location of the jugular vein. A smallpox outbreak in the late 1890s led to the tragic death of a lighthouse hired hand on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. Join author Dianna Stampfler as she uncovers the facts (and debunks some fiction) behind some of the Great Lakes' darkest lighthouse tales.

Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Northern New England

Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Northern New England
Author: Allan Wood
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-12-28
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780764352355

With more than 360 color photos and maps, this image-rich guide covers all 76 lighthouse locations in the New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. For tourists, historians, lighthouse enthusiasts, and other travelers, here are practical directions and historical tidbits not only on the lighthouses, but on the tours, attractions, and other sites of interest in the coastal communities these beacons have long protected. Enjoy boat cruises, organizations involved in local lighthouse preservation, and plenty of indoor and outdoor attractions and entertainment, including attractions off the beaten path like snack shacks or strange amusements.

Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Southern New England

Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Southern New England
Author: Allan Wood
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-12-28
Genre: Lighthouses
ISBN: 9780764352454

With more than 360 color photos and maps, this image-rich guide covers all 92 lighthouse locations in the New England states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. For tourists, historians, lighthouse enthusiasts, and other travelers, here are practical directions and historical tidbits not only on the lighthouses, but on the tours, attractions, and other sites of interest in the coastal communities these beacons have long protected. Enjoy boat cruises, organizations involved in local lighthouse preservation, and plenty of indoor and outdoor attractions and entertainment, including attractions off the beaten path like snack shacks or strange amusements.

The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses

The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses
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.

Edisto Song

Edisto Song
Author: Lin Stepp
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2021-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781736164365

In EDISTO SONG a young woman, at the pinnacle of success, is forced to reexamine her dreams as she finds her life as a concert pianist not what she envisioned and those her life is entwined with far from what she believed of them. Sarah Katherine Avery, becoming internationally known as a young concert pianist of great promise, finds herself at a difficult moment in her career-home in New York, getting ready for a concert with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra but feverish and ill. After pushing on for weeks through illness, her neighbor and friend encourages her to talk to her agent about taking a break for healing after this concert. Worn and disillusioned, Sarah heads over to the concert hall to talk to Jonah but the shock of what she encounters at that meeting spirals her life in a new direction. Andrew Cavanaugh has traveled to New York from Beaufort to be a support to his boss's daughter, Sarah Katherine Avery-Suki to him-for her concert performance. A friend of Suki's since childhood years at Edisto, and always a supporter of her gift and her music, Andrew is shocked when Suki collapses on stage. He learns as he sits with her at the hospital that her life holds unhappiness none of them knew of but her answers for how to resolve her current problems threaten to send his well-ordered life right out the window. EDITORIAL REVIEWS: "It's easy to love a place like Edisto Beach and when you can't be there to feel the waves tickling your feet, you can visit through story. Reading Lin Stepp's Edisto series lets you feel the sun on your shoulders, the sand between your toes, and hear the shore birds welcoming the day as you cheer on a cast of characters who will win your heart as they find healing and new joy at Edisto." - Ann H. Gabhart, bestselling author of An Appalachian Summer "A heartwarming, tender story about young love." - RT Book Reviews "In a story as cozy and familiar as home ... a sentimental love story with a focus on healing, faith, and family." - All About Women Magazine REVIEW "Your books take me out of the fast-paced world I live in." - - Susan Reichert, Editor-in-Chief, Southern Writers Magazine "I adore Lin Stepp's writings. If you have not 'discovered' her, you are missing out.... A delightful, heartwarming book." - Julia Wilson, Christian Bookaholic Review, UK

The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses

The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses
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.

Seashaken Houses

Seashaken Houses
Author: Tom Nancollas
Publisher: Particular Books
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-08
Genre: Eddystone (Devon, England)
ISBN: 9781846149382

Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose was much more utilitarian than that. Today we still depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland which form a ring of twenty towers built between 1811 and 1904, so-called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea, and made of granite to withstand the power of its waves. Seashaken Housesis a lyrical exploration of these singular towers, the people who risked their lives building and rebuilding them, those that inhabited their circular rooms, and the ways in which we value emblems of our history in a changing world.