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America's Lighthouses: An Illustrated History
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by Francis Ross Holland
Sales Rank: 590598
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 240 pages
Published by: Dover Publications February 1, 1988
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 048625576X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486255767
Book Dimensions:
10.6 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Profusely illustrated fact-filled survey of American lighthouses since 1716. Includes over 200 stations — East, Gulf, and West coasts, Great Lakes, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence Rivers. The author also traces the development of the lighthouse from the Pharos of Alexandria to today.
Reader Reviews
America's Lighthouses is not a coffee table book with romanticized, full-color photos of the Portland Head Light at sunset. Holland has written a history, & a very good one. He begins with a summary of the lighthouse in western world history, including the Pharos of Alexandria & the excellent designs created by the British & French. The reader will come away from this book with an understanding of various systems used to create & magnify light. We learn that the late adoption of the Fresnel lense in America was due to a short-sighted federal government bureaucrat. The American lighthouse system shaped up with the creation of the Lighthouse Board in 1854. Holland gives up a clear picture of the keeper's difficult life & the specific duties & routines he or she had to follow. Following an informative chapter on lightships, Holland takes us on a chronological & regional tour of America's lighthouses, covering dates of operations & architectural types, renovations, & including anecdotal highlights of a station's history. America's Lighthouses has 100 black & white photos & illustrations - many of them quite extraordinary; 16 architectural line drawings & 8 maps. This is a wonderful book, educational yet filled with the drama of real life at the edge of our oceans & inland seas. Bargain-priced from Dover, too. Bob Rixon
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