Lighthouses of New England SC

This lavishly illustrated book is both an exciting history and a tour guide of the lighthouses of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Long Island. Author Jon Marcus explains the technical evolution of lighthouses, the development of lights and lenses, their architecture and construction on remote sites, the life of the Lighthouse Service keepers, and the movement to preserve and restore lights. Along the way you'll enjoy excerpts from original keepers' logs and spend time on the last manned lighthouse in America, Boston Light. Stunning color photography by Susan Cole Kelly brings the lighthouses to life, taking you inside, showing the curling stairways, lenses, the keepers' homes, and more. Soft cover; 160 pages