Lighthouses


LIGHTHOUSES
Forgotten Beacons Hornberger & Turbyville hardcover 134 pages 1-885457-16-2 33.95 Now available in a lovely keepsake hardcover format, this is the story of the Lighthouse Service, the early Coast Guard, the diversity of structures, the keepers, and the ships long gone from the Chesapeake Bay.
Lighthouse Ghosts Norma & B. Roberts trade paper 119 pages 1-57587092-4 12.95 You've read about them- visited them- now read about the haunted ones.
Lighthouse Ghosts and Legends Nina Costopoulos trade paper 116 pages 1-57587-173-4 12.95 We think of them as benevolent beacons of safety, but there is a dark side to lighthouses as well. Enjoy these spooky tales of ghosts that linger in many American lighthouses.
Lighthouse Trivia Nina Costopoulos trade paper 83 pages 1-57587169-6 6.95 150 beacon-related brain teasers make up this enjoyable volume. Perfect to while away the drive to your next lighthouse destination.
Lighthouses hardcover 128 pages 9780762407804 4.95 Packing a lot of charm into its 3 x 3” size, this miniature celebration of lighthouses offers color photos, trivia and history, plus a metallic lighthouse bookmark.
Lighthouses Highsmith & Landphair hardcover 64 pages 0-517-20877-6 9.99 Lovely color photos of America's beacons create a wonderful memento sure to please any lighthouse fancier.
Lighthouses of Maryland and Virginia Robert Trapani Jr. trade paper 176 pages 1890690171 11.95 Here are pictures and stories of twenty Mid-Atlantic lighthouses including legends, history, ghost tales and shipwrecks.
Lighthouses of New Jersey and Delaware Bob Trapani, Jr. trade paper 128 pages 1890690155 11.95 Shipwrecks and storms and even a ghost story or two are captured in this coastal history spotlighting twenty New Jersey and Delaware lighthouses from Sandy Hook to Cape May and from Fenwick Island through the Delaware Bay. The author works full-time as a lighthouse preservationist.
Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast DeWire and Johnson hardcover 160 pages 0-89658-570-0 29.95 This is one of our new favorites, with gorgeous color photographs capturing the allure of lighthouses in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia as well as New York and New Jersey. A must for the library of any lighthouse fancier.
Lighthouses of the South Elinor De Wire and Daniel E. Dempster hardcover 160 pages 0-89658-603-0 29.95 Stalwart, resilient, and a little lonely, these sentinels from another era continue to fascinate. Here are wonderful color photographs of lighthouses in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
Lighting the Bay Pat Vojtech hardcover 194 pages 0-87033-466-2 34.95 The dramatic and difficult job of lighting the Chesapeake is captured here in striking color photographs, creating an intimate portrait.
Mid-Atlantic Lighthouses: Hudson River to Chesapeake Bay 2nd ed Roberts & Jones trade paper 104 pages 0762730420 19.95 Discover the rich history of these shoreside sentinels and learn more about visiting them. Great color photos inspire visitors and would-be photographers.
Out of Harm's Way Booher & Ezell hardcover 123 pages 1-885457-15-4 NOW AVAILABLE AT A GREAT REDUCED PRICE 5.98 Threatened by the ever-changing Atlantic coastline, the historic Cape Hatteras Light was a prime candidate for a move. The incredible engineering feat of moving the lighthouse is chronicled here in full-color photographs and informative text.
Pinpoint Guide to South Atlantic Lighthouses map folded laminated 1-57587077-0 8.95 Handy weather-proof format covers lighthouses in NC/SC and GA.
Ultimate Book of Lighthouses Revised Edition Crompton & Rhein hardcover 352 pages 9781592231027 29.98 This is a "panoramic, lavishly illustrated history of the legendary and picturesque lighthouses of North America."
U.S. Lighthouse Service Tenders Douglas Peterson hardcover 170 pages 1-885457-12-X 39.95 This is the first book to feature all of the lighthouse tenders and auxiliary craft of the U.S. Lighthouse Service from 1840 until 1939. More than 175 b & w photos.