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1 online resource (266 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Summary |
From the East Coast to the West Coast, the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and Hawaiian Islands, this handsome book helps explain the lure of lighthouses in the United States. Among the most recognized structures of the maritime world, these lonely sentinels by the sea have long been the subject of paintings and photographs. Today they continue to capture public imagination as Americans flock to their sites for visits and volunteer to help preserve these endangered structures. This book covers all aspects of the subject, not only lighthouses and lightships but buoys, buoy tenders, fog s. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Lighthouses -- United States -- History.
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Lighthouses. |
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United States. |
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History. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Noble, Dennis L. Lighthouses & Keepers : The U.S. Lighthouse Service and its Legacy. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2014 9781591146261 |
ISBN |
9781612513454 (electronic book) |
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161251345X (electronic book) |
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