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The Lightkeepers Menagerie
Author | : Elinor De Wire |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2015-10-17 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781561648672 |
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Elinor De Wire has been writing about lighthouses and their keepers since 1972. During that time she found that hundreds of lighthouse animals wandered into her research notes and photo collection. This book is the story of all these cold-nosed, whiskered, wooly, hoofed, horned, slithery, buzzing, feathered, and finned keepers of the lights. Where else would a dog learn to ring a fogbell, a cat go swimming and catch a fish for its supper, or a parrot cuss the storm winds rattling its cage? Who other than a lightkeeper would swim a cow home, tame a baby seal, adopt an orphan alligator, send messages via carrier pigeons, or imagine mermaids coming to visit? The Lightkeepers' Menagerie gathers together animal stories from lighthouses all around the world, tales of happiness and sadness, courage and cowardice, tragedy and comedy, even absurdity. Sometimes, fur, feathers, and fins tell the best tales.
Brilliant Beacons A History of the American Lighthouse
Author | : Eric Jay Dolin |
Publsiher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2016-04-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781631491535 |
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"What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses—a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." —Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses—from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016
The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast
Author | : Elinor De Wire |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1610605268 |
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Beaches in Space and Time
Author | : Dr. Richard A. Davis Jr. |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2015-02-01 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781561648252 |
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Beaches in Space and Time features a section on the most beautiful and interesting beaches in the world, and is the ideal book for anyone who wants to learn more about them. Written by a world-renowned expert on beaches, the book covers a wide range of topics, including the geology, hydrodynamics, sedimentation, coastal engineering, and economics of beaches. The book also delves into core information regarding hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and beach nourishment. The profusion and variety of illustrations from around the entire globe offer a unique perspective on coastal life, and even the many recreational, sports, and military uses of beaches are included.
Contemporary Authors
Author | : Amy Elisabeth Fuller |
Publsiher | : Contemporary Authors |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0787678872 |
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A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
The Lighthouses of Greece
Author | : Elinor De Wire,Dolores Reyes-Pergioudakis |
Publsiher | : Pineapple Press Inc |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Lighthouses |
ISBN | : 9781561644520 |
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With thousands of islands adrift in cerulean waters and a long, labyrinthine coastline, Greeks have always traveled liquid highways. They built the world's first documented lighthouse at the Mediterranean port of Alexandria more than two-thousand years ago, and since that time countless sentinels have risen and fallen on Greek shores. Weather, warfare, erosion, and earthquakes have reduced some to rubble, but more than 100 traditional stone lighthouses still stand in Greece today--old sentries keeping watch over every vessel, large or small, from freighters and tankers and cruise ships to fishermen and ferries. Their romance, beauty, and history are captured in this handy guidebook. Beguiling images, fascinating histories, and helpful travel information will guide you to these beloved seamarks in the land of Hellene.
Guide to Florida Lighthouses
Author | : Elinor DeWire |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2018-03-08 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781683340232 |
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This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State. Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and represent many diverse styles of architecture and daymarks. This new edition of the bestselling Guide to Florida Lighthouses has been updated with expanded profiles of the lighthouses, new travel information, more history, and recent photos.
Florida Lighthouse Trail
Author | : Thomas Taylor |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2015-10-17 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9781561648368 |
Download Florida Lighthouse Trail Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A collection of the histories of Florida's light stations by different authors, each an authority on a particular lighthouse, this book is chock-full of information on dates of construction and operation, foundation materials, lighting equipment, and more. Complete directions to each lighthouse site are included, as well as names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites of lighthouse organizations. Preface by Wayne Wheeler, president of the United States Lighthouse Society, as well as a full glossary, bibliography, and index.