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Category : Lighthouses
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Lighthouse Plans in the National Archives
Author: Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Author: Eric Jay DolinPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 1631491539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
"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
Guide to Records in the National Archives--Mid Atlantic Region
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Mid Atlantic RegionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Middle Atlantic States
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Prologue
Author: National Archives and Records Administration Annual Report
Author: United States. National Archives and Records AdministrationPublisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Sentinels of the Sea
Author: R. G. GrantPublisher:
ISBN: 9780500519769
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lighthouses have always unsettled and attracted in equal measure, highlighting the triumphs and failures in humanity's battle with the forces of nature. Taking as its heroes the lighthouses themselves, Sentinels of the Sea describes the engineering genius that allowed their construction on even the smallest of rock outcrops and the innovations that made the lights so powerful and reliable. Intricate, elegant architectural plans and elevations, and evocative period drawings and photographs showcase the innovative designs and technologies behind fifty historic lighthouses built around the world from the 17th to the 20th century. R.G. Grant's engaging and authoritative text chronicles the incredible feats of engineering and endurance that brought these iconic, isolated towers into being, the advances in lens technology that made the lights so effective, and the everyday routines of the lighthouse keepers and the heroic rescues that some performed. Packed with extraordinary stories of human endeavour, desperate shipwrecks, builders defying the elements and heroic sea rescues, the book also reveals the isolation and vulnerability of the dedicated lighthouse keepers.
Historic Lighthouse Preservation Handbook
Author: Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States: Record groups 1-170
Author: United States. National Archives and Records AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public records
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Guide to Records in the National Archives
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Pacific Sierra RegionPublisher:
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Category : American Samoa
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
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