The Lighthouse Almanac [Mass Market Paperback]

Elinor DeWire (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000

This compendium of the science, history, and nautical lore about lighthouses is filled with fascinating trivia. Organized almanac-style by month, it presents our favorite seamarks and their steadfast keepers through anecdotes about weather, astronomy, gardening, cooking, medicine, popular literature, historical events, superstition, and the arts. As this book proves, no structure is quite as endearing as a lighthouse, nor as intriguing.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Elinor DeWire has been researching, photographing and writing about lighthouses since 1972. She is the author of six books on the subject and more than 100 magazine articles. Her popular slide talk, "I Brake for Lighthouses," has entertained audiences across the nation.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Sentinel Publications (October 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0965731324
• ISBN-13: 978-0965731324
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,981,005 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elinor DeWire has been researching, photographing, and writing about lighthouses since 1972. She has visited more than eight hundred sentinels in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, and Australia and is the author of fifteen books and more than 250 articles on the subject. Former Coast Guard historian, Dr. Robert Scheina, calls her "America's most prolific lighthouse author and a driving force behind the recent upsurge in interest in preserving lighthouses and the history and nostalgia surrounding them." DeWire has been honored for her work by the U.S. Lighthouse Society, the American Lighthouse Foundation, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the National League of American Pen Women. Two of her books have won the coveted Ben Franklin Award and the Coast Guard Book Award. DeWire also has written three books on amateur astronomy. She lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington and teaches at Olympic College.

Lighthouse Books by Elinor DeWire:

Guide to Florida Lighthouses
Guardians of the Lights: Stories of U.S. Lighthouse Keepers
The Lighthouse Keeper's Scrapbook
The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses
Lighthouses: Sentinels of the American Coast
Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic
Lighthouses of the South
Lighthouse Victuals & Verse
The Lighthouse Almanac
Sentries along the Shore
Field Guide to the Lighthouses of the New England Coast
The Lighthouses of Greece
The Lighthouse Activity Book for Kids
Florida Lighthouses for Kids
The DeWire Guide to Lighthouses of California, Oregon, & Washington

Astronomy/Sky Books:

Activities for Young Astronomers
Reach for the Sky
The Florida Night

Author Website:

www.ElinorDeWire.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Lighthouse Lover, April 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lighthouse Almanac (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the most fun book about lighthouses I've ever read. It has all kinds of fascinating trivia and useful information and all of it has to do with lighthouses. If you love lighthouses you should get this one. Everyone who visits my house picks it up off the coffee table and has a blast with all the fun trivia.

5.0 out of 5 stars Loaded with Trivia!, May 31, 2001

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"lighthousekitty" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lighthouse Almanac (Mass Market Paperback)

If you like lighthouses and trivia to boot, you'll love this one! It's an almanac-type book full of interesting material on gardening, cooking, weather, astronomy, quotes and sayings, legends, famous people, and more -- all themed around lighthouses throughout the calendar year. The author has compiled an amazing amount of true history and popular lore as well, often focusing on the peculiar incidents and strange characteristics of lighthouses. This makes a great "bathroom-type book" that can be opened anytime, to any spot, and enjoyed.