Early mariners found sailing California's often forbidding coast to be a risky adventure until after 1954, when the first of more than 40 lighthouse stations was built to mark 1,200 miles of meandering coastline, bays, and inland waters from San Diego to the Redwood Coast. These absorbing stories give a concise history of each light: where each was built and why, the special breed of men and women who tended the lights, and the light's status today. Packed with maps, photographs, and useful information, including visiting hours and locations of nearby museums.
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Sharlene and Ted Nelson have been co-authoring books for twenty years. They have written several books for Scholastic Library Publishing, including the Nez Perce, The Golden Gate Bridge, and Mount St. Helens national Park. The Nelsons attended the University of California at Berkeley. The Nelsons live in Washington State.
Sharlene and Ted Nelson have been co-authoring books for twenty years. They have written several books for Scholastic Library Publishing, including the Nez Perce, The Golden Gate Bridge, and Mount St. Helens national Park. The Nelsons attended the University of California at Berkeley. The Nelsons live in Washington State.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book for finding lighthouses,
By Sandra Shanklin (Fort Walton Bch FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: California Lighthouses (Paperback)
The Nelsons write a knowledgible book about California's lighthouses. It is a great guide to those lighthouses. These people are great friends to lighthouses, having written several other Umbrella Guides. (Oregon, Washington) We have found them very useful in our quest to photograph every lighthouse in the U.S.
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Great resource for your lighthouse travels,
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I recently took a trip to California and visited a few of the lighthouses in the book. I purchased this book in advance and brought it with me on my travels. As I approached each lighthouse visited, I read from the book to my "travel-mates". We learned the directions and a brief history of each lighthouse. The information was condensed, easy-to-read and informative. Best of all, the directions for finding each lighthouse were accurate. This book was a great resource for planning my trip and I hope to use it again in the future as a reference when I return to the area to see a few more California lighthouses. A great travel resource and also a great book to just read and learn more.
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