Our Little Florida Lighthouse Book

Author : Thomas Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781561648368

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Florida Lighthouse Trail by Thomas Taylor Pdf

A collection of the histories of Florida's light stations by different authors, each an authority on a particular lighthouse, this book is chock-full of information on dates of construction and operation, foundation materials, lighting equipment, and more. Complete directions to each lighthouse site are included, as well as names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites of lighthouse organizations. Preface by Wayne Wheeler, president of the United States Lighthouse Society, as well as a full glossary, bibliography, and index.

Author : Josh Liller,Chris Belcher,Florida Lighthouse Association
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781683340775

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The Florida Lighthouse Trail by Josh Liller,Chris Belcher,Florida Lighthouse Association Pdf

From Amelia Island to the Keys to Pensacola in the Panhandle, the coast of Florida is dotted with lighthouses of all sizes, shapes, materials, and - best of all – histories. The Florida Lighthouse Trail is a compilation of short histories, written by expert contributors from around the state. Each chapter has fascinating details about these great sentinels. Chock-full of information on dates of construction and operation, changes over time, and Fresnel lenses, this book also serves as a travel guide with directions and contact information for their support organizations. Paul Bradley's beautiful artwork richly illustrates each lighthouse. This new edition features substantially updated information, with the most up-to-date information for history buffs and prospective visitors. The Florida Lighthouse Trail also includes a history of the Florida Lighthouse Association, an extensive glossary, short biographies of the contributors, suggested reading, and an index.

Author : Bruce Hunt
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 9781561642786

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Visiting Small-Town Florida by Bruce Hunt Pdf

"A guide to 70 of Florida's most interesting small towns"--Cover.

Author : Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439679036

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Haunted Florida Lighthouses by Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon Pdf

Author H eather Leigh Carroll-Landon guides readers on a spine-tingling tour through Florida's haunted lighthouses. Lighthouses dot the Florida coast, there to help seafarers navigate their way to shore. But when tragedy comes for Florida, it often blows in from the sea, giving the lighthouses and the cursed men and women inside a first look at horror. The lively spirits of teenage sisters inhabit the St. Augustine Lighthouse, where an accident claimed their lives, suspending them in their playful youth. A storm wiped out the Sand Key Lighthouse in 1846, claiming the lives of 16 whose spirits now chatter away--generally in contented tones but sometimes straying into anger. A Civil War casualty roams near the Amelia Island Lighthouses, holding to a promise to see his love one last time before departure.

Author : Susan Cerulean
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780820357386

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I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird by Susan Cerulean Pdf

Susan Cerulean’s memoir trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the lingering death of a beloved parent from dementia. At the same time, the book explores an activist’s lifelong search to be of service to the embattled natural world. During the years she cared for her father, Cerulean also volunteered as a steward of wild shorebirds along the Florida coast. Her territory was a tiny island just south of the Apalachicola bridge where she located and protected nesting shorebirds, including least terns and American oystercatchers. I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird weaves together intimate facets of adult caregiving and the consolation of nature, detailing Cerulean’s experiences of tending to both. The natural world is the “sustaining body” into which we are born. In similar ways, we face not only a crisis in numbers of people diagnosed with dementia but also the crisis of the human-caused degradation of the planet itself, a type of cultural dementia. With I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird, Cerulean reminds us of the loving, necessary toil of tending to one place, one bird, one being at a time.

Author : Elinor De Wire
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9781561643905

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The Lightkeepers' Menagerie by Elinor De Wire Pdf

"The Lightkeepers' Menagerie gathers together animal stories from lighthouses all around the world, tales of happiness and sadness, courage and cowardice, tragedy and comedy, even absurdity."--Page [4] cover.

Author : David J Schryver
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798483139331

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Our Little New York State Lighthouse Book by David J Schryver Pdf

Lighthouses were originally built to guide mariners in their journeys and to help them avoid hazards of the seas. These beacons have long been of interest to many. New York State has well over 100 such facilities, ranging from the classic lighthouse structures to the modern day, automated skeletal towers. When many people hear "New York" they immediately think of the city. New York is a lot more than the city. This book focuses on what is typically known as "upstate" New York ... that region of the state north of New York City and Long Island. New York borders Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. There are also a significant number of inland waterways in the state. This document will guide you to 47 lighthouses found throughout this region. Many of these facilities are still providing service as navigational aids but there are several that are no longer active. With modern technology such as radar and GPS, they simply aren't as valuable as they once were. Lighthouse aficionados, however, are still attracted to their mystique, Each entry will give detailed directions on how to find that structure, pertinent information on it and a full-page color photograph of the tower.

Author : Michael J. Rhein,Samuel Willard Compton
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780785836049

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The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses by Michael J. Rhein,Samuel Willard Compton Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : American literature
ISBN : UIUC:30112109762986

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The Book Buyer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Karen Winn
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593184493

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Our Little World by Karen Winn Pdf

"I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it's also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the writing and the colorful nostalgia of the mid-'80s details. Our Little World will transport and transfix you."—Elin Hilderbrand July 1985. It’s a normal, sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on sunny days spent at Deer Chase Lake, on evenings chasing fireflies around her cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids, and on Max, the boy who just moved in across the street. There's also the burgeoning worry that she'll never be as special as her younger sister, Audrina, who seems to effortlessly dazzle wherever she goes. But when Max’s little sister, Sally, goes missing at the lake, Bee’s long-held illusion of stability is shattered in an instant. As the families in her close-knit community turn inward, suspicious and protective, things in Bee’s own home become increasingly strained, most of all with Audrina, when a shameful secret surfaces. With everything changed, Bee and Audrina’s already-fraught sisterhood is pushed to the limit as they grow up—and apart—in the wake of an innocence lost too soon. Perfect for readers of Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You, Our Little World is a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood, the corrosive power of envy, and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime.

Author : James L. Hargrove,Carol A. Talley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781467124973

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Cape St. George Lighthouse and Apalachicola Bay by James L. Hargrove,Carol A. Talley Pdf

The beacon of the historic Cape St. George Lighthouse still guides mariners into Apalachicola Bay. Founded in 1831, the town of Apalachicola took its name from Creek Indians, to whom it signified a land of friendly people. Sheltered from the Gulf of Mexico by a string of barrier islands, the port flourished as the only site in Florida on a river that is navigable for over 300 miles to the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, Apalachicola's sister city. Generations of lighthouse keepers were bound to St. George Island and its great bay by an intense sense of duty to sustain seagoing commerce and a love for a place where they could raise their families in freedom. When the foundation washed away in 2005 after a very active hurricane season and a final surge from Hurricane Wilma, residents took action to salvage and rebuild the historic lighthouse. Visitors may still climb the lighthouse tower, surrounded by bricks that were first laid in 1852.

Author : Thomas W. Taylor
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1561642037

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The Florida Lighthouse Trail by Thomas W. Taylor Pdf

A collection of the histories of Florida's light stations by authors who are authorities on a particular lighthouse, sharing details of the lives of these great sentinels.

Author : Jaden Skye
Publisher : Jaden Skye
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640292901

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No Place to Deceive (Murder in the Keys—Book #5) by Jaden Skye Pdf

“Jaden Skye creates a set of characters that are very well developed, and makes you cheer for our heroine on every page. The environment and the overall description of scenes are superb, making you feel the suspense in the air the whole time.” --Books and Movie Reviews (Roberto Mattos) (re No Place to Die) NO PLACE TO DECEIVE is book #5 in a new romantic suspense series by #1 bestselling author Jaden Skye, which begins with Book #1, NO PLACE TO DIE, a free download! Private Detective Olivia Wells finds herself hired by a distraught wife after her husband is found murdered. Olivia and Wayne set out to discover the truth, and the deeper they probe, the more secrets they discover. Something does not sit right to them about this man’s life, a long-distance commuter and the father to three happy children. And the deeper they penetrate into the world of lies, secrets and deception, the more they come to realize that, behind the picture-perfect façade, nothing is what it seems. NO PLACE TO DECEIVE is book #5 in an explosive new romantic suspense series filled with love, tragedy, heartbreak, betrayal and suspense, one that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #6 will be released soon. Jaden is also author of the #1 Bestselling series MURDER IN THE CARIBBEAN, which begins with DEATH BY HONEYMOON (Book #1), a free download with over 200 five star reviews!

Author : Kevin M. McCarthy
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 156164143X

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Georgia's Lighthouses and Historic Coastal Sites by Kevin M. McCarthy Pdf

Though the Georgia coast is a mere 110 miles long, a wealth of historic beauty--natural and manmade--lies between the Savannah and St. Mary's Rivers. The last-settled and poorest of the original thirteen colonies of the United States, Georgia is a unique combination of war-torn history and genteel character. Here you'll find stories of Civil War soldiers, pioneers and settlers, Native Americans, seafarers and pirates (including Blackbeard), and even a ghost or two. Some of the places you'll visit: First Presbyterian Church, where smugglers hoisted a horse into the belfry to divert the townspeople's attention from their nefarious activities. St. Simons Lighthouse, one of America's oldest continuously working lighthouses and home to the ghost of keeper Frederick Osborne, whose footsteps can be heard in the tower at night. Jekyll Island Club, an elegant, posh retreat established in 1886 by some of the wealthiest families in America, including the Astors, Rockefellers, and Vanderbilts. These and other lighthouses, plantations, churches, forts, and summer cottages of wealthy Northerners and Southerners alike stand as testaments to the rich and provocative history of this, the most Southern of Southern states. Each site is illustrated with a full color painting.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Deaf
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001401029

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Catalog of Educational Captioned Films for the Deaf by Anonim Pdf