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Author
Publisher
Two Lines Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Divided into six chapters that each cover a specific lighthouse, this meditative account includes general explanations about lighthouses, literary references, shipwrecks, and legends, but also sublime personal digressions about her visits, about collecting, about birds, or about the very light that shines from the lighthouse lanterns."--
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
A history of America as reflected by the nation's lighthouses combines maritime lore with original details to trace coastal political, military, and technological expansions, citing the roles of key contributors.
Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Confederacy extinguished the lights in all the lighthouses it controlled long before any shots were fired at Fort Sumter. When the Southern Lights Went Dark: The Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War tells the story of the men who assumed the daunting task of finding the lenses and lamps, repairing deliberate destruction to the towers and lightships, and relighting them as soon as the Navy could afford them protection. From Cape Hatteras...
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