America's Lighthouses - An Illustrated History

by Francis Ross Holland, Jr.

Beacons of light along the shore have guided mariners for thousands of years - from the days when olive oil lamps burned on darkened hillsides to signal the location of ancient harbors, to modern times when automated stations send out 350,000 candlepower beams that cut through darkness and fog. This vidid, fact-filled history, enhanced by exciting tales and colorful personalitites, is abundantly illustrated with over 100 historic engravings, drawings and photographs. It is a book that will be prized not only by marine historians and armchair adventurers but by anyone who has ever felt the lure and romance of lighthouses.