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Lost Lighthouses (Lighthouse Series) [Paperback]

Tim Harrison (Author), Ray Jones (Author)
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October 1, 1999 Lighthouse Series
Rare photographs, fascinating facts, and first-hand accounts of the rise and fall of nearly 150 of America's most historic lost light towers.

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Lighthouses embody the American spirit. They remind us of the brave mariners who scanned the dark horizon in search of beacons and the determination of those who kept their lights burning bright. Over the last three centuries more than 1,600 lighthouses were built to mark America's Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific, and Great Lake shores. Today, more than half of them are gone. Some were bowled over by storms, others were blasted by cannonballs, and still others were replaced by more modern navigational facilities. Many of these majestic towers simply grew old, crumbled, and collapsed. When a light tower falls, an important link to our past is broken and a chapter of the American story is forgotten. That is, unless we take care to remember. This tribute to once bright lights provides rare photographs, fascinating facts, and first-hand accounts of the rise and fall of nearly 150 of America's most historic lost light towers. (8 1/2 x 11', 176 pages, b&w photos)

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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Globe Pequot; 1st edition (October 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0762704438
  • ISBN-13: 978-0762704439
  • Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,145,508 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully done!, December 6, 1999
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This is an attractive, well-written and thouroughly researched book that anyone interested in lighthouse history should have in their collection. Not another coffee table book with pretty pictures from the present day, this book features lighthouses that no longer exist. Besides being engrossing reading, it amounts to a plea for readers to help save the lighthouses we still have, especially those that are endangered for one reason or another.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fine guide to lighthouse history., May 3, 2000
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This new volume to a classic provides stories and images of almost two hundred 'lost' beacons, gathering writings from before, after and during their demise and blending research with memoirs and accounts of the lighthouses and their history. A fine guide to lighthouse history emerges.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very nice and informative book., April 16, 2002
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The photos are all B&W but that's due to the old photographs. Its a shame that so many of these lights have gone. Having visited 80 lighthouses I can appreciate just how unique they are.
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