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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American...
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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
Author: Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published: 04/25/2017
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781631492501
About the Author
Dolin, Eric Jay: - Eric Jay Dolin is the best-selling author of numerous works in maritime history, including Left for Dead; Black Flags, Blue Waters; and Leviathan. His books have won many awards including the John Lyman Award for U.S. Maritime History; Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award; National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award; and the Samuel Eliot Morison Book Award for Naval Literature; and he was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He now lives in Marblehead, Massachusetts, with his family.
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