Great American Lighthouses (Great American Places Series)

Author: Holland Jr., F. Ross

Brand: Wiley

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 352

EAN: 9780471143871

Release Date: 01-08-1989

Package Dimensions: 10.2 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Details: Lighthouses are increasingly endangered by modernization and abandonment. Simple steel skeletons are replacing the picturesque, conical towers, squat screwpiles and Cape Cod styles so much a part of America's maritime history. This traveler's guide to more than 300 of the nation's most significant lighthouses and lightships includes an introductory look at the evolution of lighthouse technology and how these obsolete but beloved structures can be rescued.