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Lost Lighthouses : Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses

Lost Lighthouses : Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses Paperback - 1999

by Tim Harrison; Ray Jones

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Harrison explores approximately 180 lighthouses that have been destroyed or torn down along the American coast. 125 photos.

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Globe Pequot Press, The, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Lost Lighthouses : Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses
  • Author Tim Harrison; Ray Jones
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Globe Pequot Press, The, Guilford, CT, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0762704438I4N00
  • ISBN 9780762704439 / 0762704438
  • Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.03 x 8.5 x 0.46 in (28.02 x 21.59 x 1.17 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Lighthouses - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99037596
  • Dewey Decimal Code 387.155

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From the rear cover

Lighthouses embody the American spirit. They remind us of the brave mariners who scanned the dark horizon in search of beacons and the determination of those who kept their lights burning bright. Over the last three centuries more than 1,600 lighthouses were built to mark America's Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific, and Great Lake shores. Today, more than half of them are gone. Some were bowled over by storms, others were blasted by cannonballs, and still others were replaced by more modern navigational facilities. Many of these majestic towers simply grew old, crumbled, and collapsed. When a light tower falls, an important link to our past is broken and a chapter of the American story is forgotten. That is, unless we take care to remember. This tribute to once bright lights provides rare photographs, fascinating facts, and first-hand accounts of the rise and fall of nearly 150 of America's most historic lost light towers. (8 1/2 x 11', 176 pages, b&w photos)