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Author : Jazmina Barrera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949641341
Equal parts personal memoir and literary history, Jazmina Barrera's "collection" of lighthouses explores the allure of loneliness and asks how we use it to create meaning
Author : Tom Beard
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781599621401
A spectacular collection of America’s most iconic and stunning lighthouses. Through gorgeous photography, this book celebrates these unique and magnificent beacons and their history. The construction of lighthouses began as this new nation’s first public-works project in 1789 and established the United States as a maritime world power by making ports safe for navigation. These structures—many still active and serving their original purpose even in the era of global positioning systems—are living museums, yet they often prove difficult to access for visitors due to their necessary remoteness. From Maine’s West Quoddy Head on the easternmost headlands to the iconic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, and the West Coast lighthouses from New Point Loma to New Dungeness and Michigan’s Grand Haven Pier Lighthouse, the images here will delight both the armchair traveler and those who have taken the back roads or trekked across sandy beaches to visit these special and often artful buildings. This is a great gift for lovers of lighthouses, boaters, and those who live or dream of living on the seashore.
Author : David McCurdy Baird
Publisher : Pictorial Travel Guides
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0889952752
Lighthouses of Atlantic Canada traces the origins of more than 250 lighthouses from their beginnings to the present day. This expansive volume is packed with more than 350 full-colour and black-and-white photographs and illustrations depicting lightstations from the famed Peggy's Point to more remote ontposts. In addition to detailed information on the history and science of lighthouses, you'll find riveting accounts of heroism, ingenuity, and personal sacrifice that remind us of the significance these landmarks have had in shaping maritime history. Also included are access maps and driving instructions for visiting the lighthouses. Book jacket.
Author : Ray Jones
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780762766420
Lighthouses and ghosts are two popular passions. Melded together by master storyteller and lighthouse expert Ray Jones, these tales of spirited lights are guaranteed to grab the attention of all readers. As an added bonus, practical information is given for those who wish to visit the featured lighthouses for themselves . . . if they dare.
Author : Katherine L. House
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613740460
Bringing to life an era when rivers, lakes, and oceans were the nation's highways and lighthouses served as traffic signals and maps, this comprehensive reference provides children with an in-depth history of lighthouses and firsthand stories of the challenges faced by lighthouse keepers. Filled with engaging activities such as learning how to tie a bowline knot and building a model lighthouse, this unique book also includes a field guide to U.S. lighthouses, places to visit, a time line, glossary, websites to explore, and a reading list for further study.
Author : Samuel Willard Crompton,Michael J. Rhein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1592231020
The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores — and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings — has captivated our collective imagination. More than simply picturesque, the lighthouse has become an enduring symbol of salvation, fortitude, and heroic folklore. The Ultimate Lighthouse Book is a panoramic, lavishly illustrated history of these legendary buildings and celebrates the rich heritage of our ancestors’ courageous efforts to guide mariners through treacherous seas and storms. Over 200 color photographs are featured in this fully revised, expanded and updated edition.
Author : Allan Billard
Publisher : Formac Publishing Company
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459504493
Nova Scotia has 170 lighthouses past and present. Some are well known and treasured and others are hidden and known by few. Together they have a rich history and reveal much about the people, coast and seafaring history of Nova Scotia. For this book Allan Billard has chosen twenty-four lighthouse sites, including classic beacons such as Peggy's Cove and Cape Forchu, plus an additional sixteen lights that may not be as well known but remain prizes in the province, such as Fort Point or Port Bickerton. Each short chapter focuses on one of the twenty-four lights, and presents the aspect of lighthouse technology and history which that light best illustrates. Among the many fascinating themes Allan Billard explores are tidal power, seabird sanctuaries, the role of the light keeper, traditions and changes in the fishery, the complex and changing technology of lighthouses, ecotourism and more. The text is enhanced with beautiful colour photography of the lighthouses and their natural surroundings. Lighthouses of Nova Scotia combines natural and social history, and while documenting the astonishing and fascinating diversity of Nova Scotia's lighthouses, gives the reader a far deeper appreciation of this appealing feature of the province's landscape.
Author : Michael J. Rhein,Samuel Willard Compton
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780785836049
The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores--and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings--has captivated our collective imagination. A celebration of one of America's purest landmarks, The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses is a must-have for any home.
Author : Robert N. Munsch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fathers and daughters
ISBN : 0439639964
After her grandfather's funeral, Sarah wakes her father in the middle of the night so they can go to the lighthouse her grandfather loved and remember other night-time visits there.
Author : Sharma Krauskopf
Publisher : Sharma Krauskopf
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780862818036
Author : Elinor DeWire
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781683340232
This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State. Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and represent many diverse styles of architecture and daymarks. This new edition of the bestselling Guide to Florida Lighthouses has been updated with expanded profiles of the lighthouses, new travel information, more history, and recent photos.
Author : Lawrence Hill
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781443463379
One of Canada’s most celebrated author’s debut novel for young readers Beatrice, a young girl of uncertain age, wakes up all alone in a tree house in the forest. How did she arrive in this cozy dwelling, stocked carefully with bookshelves and oatmeal accoutrements? And who has been leaving a trail of clues, composed in delicate purple handwriting? So begins the adventure of a brave and resilient Black girl’s search for identity and healing in bestselling author Lawrence Hill’s middle-grade debut. Though Beatrice cannot recall how or why she arrived in the magical forest of Argilia—where every conceivable fish, bird, mammal and reptile coexist, and any creature with a beating heart can communicate with any other—something within tells her that beyond this forest is a family that is waiting anxiously for her return. Just outside her tree-house door lives Beatrice’s most unlikely ally, the enormous and mercurial King Crocodile Croc Harry, who just may have a secret of his own. As they form an unusual truce and work toward their common goal, Beatrice and Croc Harry will learn more about their forest home than they ever could have imagined. And what they learn about themselves may destroy Beatrice’s chances of returning home forever.
Author : Wil O'Connell,Pat O'Connell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738583324
Ohio Lighthouses reveals a multitude of stories about the structures along Lake Erie. It chronicles make overs, such as the transformation of the 1821 Marblehead Lighthouse from ugly duckling to beautiful swan. It also documents heartbreaking tales, like the story of the fire at the Green Island Lighthouse that started during a New Year's dinner while the lighthouse keeper's son watched from a mile away on South Bass Island; he, along with friends, unable to come to the rescue in a snowstorm. It touches on the strength of Mother Nature, such as late one fall when a blizzard struck as two lighthouse keepers were preparing to leave the Ashtabula Lighthouse for the winter. For three days, waves washed over the lighthouse in sub-zero temperatures, and water froze as it fell. The sun came out on the fourth day, but the men found themselves unable to open the door. Other interesting histories include those of the lost lighthouse, a disappearing lighthouse sinking into Lake Erie, a Romanesque lighthouse 8 miles from shore, the wood lighthouse on a slightly sinful island, the lighthouse built to last forever but slated for the wrecking ball, and more.
Author : Thomas Ebelt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781472958754
Europe has over 40,000 miles of coastline, stretching from the icy black waters of the Baltic to the deceptively serene Mediterranean. With many of Europe's countries bordering a sea, the need for lighthouses has spanned much of the continent for centuries. Lighthouses hold a perennial fascination for many of us - an indicator of danger, a beacon of the sea, laced with history and romance and a magnet for coastal walkers and visitors. Photographer Thomas Ebelt was charged with capturing beautiful imagery of the most stunning lighthouses for a lavish calendar, but on his journeys along Europe's coasts he found enough outstanding structures and dramatic landscapes to fill a calendar every year for a decade or more. This book is a collection of his finest photographs, from Poland and Estonia, via Iceland, around Scotland and England, and towards Malta and Sicily. Each lighthouse is accompanied by illuminating text about their history and construction. Specifications boxes provide information on position, identification features, height of the tower, height of the light, range and year of construction.
Author : United States. Lighthouse Service
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : MINN:31951D01114964O