Shipwrecks and suicides, storms and fires, invasions of beetles and cats—and even a ghost story or two—are captured in this coastal history spotlighting 10 New Jersey and 10 Delaware lighthouses. The featured beacons range from Sandy Hook to Cape May in New Jersey and from Fenwick Island in Delaware and throughout the Delaware Bay. Through stories and 55 modern and vintage photographs, learn the surprising events that occurred in and around these silent sentinels, that are an important part of the mid-Atlantic region's history and lore.
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Bob Trapani, Jr. is a Pottstown, Pa., native and cofounder of the Delaware River & Bay Lighthouse Foundation. He is president of this organization, which serves as caretaker for three historic lighthouses—Harbor of Refuge, Liston Range Rear Light and Delaware Breakwater East End. Bob is a contributing writer for "Lighthouse Digest" magazine and his articles have appeared in the "Twin Capes Taveller" and "Wreck & Rescue" magazines. He is working on the the follow-up volume: "Lighthouses of Maryland and Virginia: History, Mystery, Legends and Lore," to be published by Myst and Lace Publishers, Inc.
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Beautifully Created Book on Lighthouses,
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Once again this author presents us with a beautifully photographed and documented book of lighthouses.
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The oldest existing lighthouse in America once held a haunting secret that would have made its keepers quite apprehensive about scaling the 85-foot tower in the middle of the night had they known about the fate of one unfortunate patriot. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Delaware Bay, Coast Guard, Cape May, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, United States Lighthouse Service, Ship John Shoal, Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Hereford Inlet Lighthouse, Mother Nature, Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Breakwater West End Lighthouse, Delaware River, Elbow of Cross Ledge Lighthouse, Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse, Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse, Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Tucker's Beach Lighthouse, Fenwick Island Lighthouse, Liston Range Front Light, Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse, Cross Ledge Shoal, Miah Maull Shoal Lighthouse, Port Mahon Lighthouse, Barnegat Lighthouse, King Neptune New!
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The oldest existing lighthouse in America once held a haunting secret that would have made its keepers quite apprehensive about scaling the 85-foot tower in the middle of the night had they known about the fate of one unfortunate patriot. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Delaware Bay, Coast Guard, Cape May, Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, United States Lighthouse Service, Ship John Shoal, Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Hereford Inlet Lighthouse, Mother Nature, Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Breakwater West End Lighthouse, Delaware River, Elbow of Cross Ledge Lighthouse, Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse, Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse, Sandy Hook Lighthouse, Tucker's Beach Lighthouse, Fenwick Island Lighthouse, Liston Range Front Light, Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse, Cross Ledge Shoal, Miah Maull Shoal Lighthouse, Port Mahon Lighthouse, Barnegat Lighthouse, King Neptune New!
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- Sentinel of the Jersey Cape: The Story of the Cape May Lighthouse by John Bailey on page 19, and Back Matter
- Guiding lights of the Delaware River & Bay by Jim Gowdy on page 60
- New Jersey (Enchantment Amer) by John Allan Carpenter on page 48
- Guardians of the Lights: Stories of US Lighthouse Keepers by Elinor De Wire in Back Matter
- New Hampshire (13 Colonies) by Roberta Wiener in Back Matter
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- Haunted Delaware: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the First State (Haunted Series) by Patricia A. Martinelli in Back Matter
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