Southeastern Lighthouses (Lighthouse Series) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ Ray Jones (Author), (Photographer)

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From the Back Cover

Standing guard over the long, graceful coastline that stretches between the North Carolina Outer Banks and the southern tip of Florida are stone, brick, concrete, and metal sentinels - stately lighthouses whose tall towers serve as daymarks and whose intense beacons provide guidance at night to the ships of all sizes that ply these shores for pleasure and profit. Ship-killing shoals, shallows, and hurricanes lie in wait to thwart the missions of these vessels and have given the surf off these shores the nickname 'the Graveyard of the Atlantic.' Southeastern Lighthouses tells the fascinating stories of this region's most important and historic lighthouses and the wrecks and heroes they have seen. Bruce Roberts is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Life, Sports Illustrated, and Time-Life Books. He was director of photography at Southern living magazine. Ray Jones has served as editor for Time-Life Books, founding editor of Albuquerque Living magazine, senior editor and writing coach at Southern Living magazine, and publisher of Country Roads Press.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: Globe Pequot; 1st edition (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762702176
• ISBN-13: 978-0762702176
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,017,276 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These books are good for finding the lights that are in them, May 25, 2002

By	purplebubba (Detroit Area, MI) - See all my reviews

There are directions and other info for finding and visiting lighthouses. They do not always show all lights for a given area. The photos are all color. I own 3 of these books. There are not many other guide books out there so if you are looking for guide books these are good to have. Since there are so many books in this series I thought I'd help people find them easier. This is the series.
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American Lighthouses
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5.0 out of 5 stars LIGHTHOUSE BOOK, August 2, 2009

By	mindy (honesdale, pa) - See all my reviews

this book was very helpful on learning about the lighthouses that i haven't gotten to visit yet.

5.0 out of 5 stars southeastern lighthouses, March 26, 2009

By	L. Hodge "Bones-1" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I haven't had it very long but is has directions to the lighthouses and a phone number to contact them if you need more info. Has nice color pictures but I'm not sure how up to date it is, as the lighthouse on the cover is of Hatteras before it was moved so. But it is a nice book...