Book
Brilliant beacons : a history of the American lighthouse / Eric Jay Dolin.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780871406682 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 541 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York ; Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
- Copyright: c2016.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Colonial lights -- Casualties of war -- Lights of a new nation -- Economy above all -- Europeans take the lead -- The "rule of ignorant and incompetent men" -- Brighter lights -- "Everything being recklessly broken" -- From board to service -- Keepers and their lives -- Lighthouse heroes -- Marvels of engineering -- And construction -- Of birds and eggs -- A cruel wind -- The new keepers -- Epilogue -- Lighthouse organizations -- Lighthouse museums. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Lighthouses > United States > History. United States. Bureau of Light-Houses > History. United States. Lighthouse Service > History. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
