{"product_id":"lighthouses-of-north-america-beacons-from-coast-to-coast-9781770852495","title":"Lighthouses of North America: Beacons from Coast to Coast","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLighthouses of North America: Beacons from Coast to Coast\u003c\/strong\u003e by Jackson, Sylke. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781770852495.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tour of more than 70 of the continents most beautiful and important lighthouses.\nLighthouses of North America is a beautiful tribute to 71 lighthouses in the United States and Canada. The selection covers the full range of lighthouse architectural styles and represents all regions of the continent. The book opens with a brief but fascinating history of lighthouses, which traces their use from the Romans to the \"golden age\" of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when lighthouses became a strategic and commercial asset to seafarers.\nReaders will discover the fascinating details that give lighthouses their spirit, such as Portland Head Lighthouse, the favorite haunt of poet Henry Wadsworth, providing inspiration for his poem \"The Lighthouse\"; how early rocket launches damaged the original Cape Canaveral Lighthouse; that a friendly ghost named Rue is said to wander the grounds of Oregons Heceta Head Lighthouse; and how the Race Rocks Lighthouse in British Columbia guided vessels into port during the Fraser gold rush.\nChapters focus on construction method and present each sentinel over a two- to six-page spread with a narrative description:\nConical \u0026amp; Cylindrical Construction, such as the Fire Island Light off Long Island and the Three Sisters of Nauset in Massachusetts Square Construction, such as the Holland Harbor Light in Michigan and the Presque Isle Light on Lake Erie Hexagonal and Octagonal Construction, such as the Alcatraz Island Light in San Francisco Bay and the famous Peggys Point Light in Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia Skeletal Construction, such as the Sanibel Island Light on Floridas Gulf Coast and the Rawley Point Light in Wisconsin.\n\nStriking color photographs show the lighthouse exteriors and interiors, and a facts box details location, tower height, focal plan, daymark, light characteristics, year established and current use.\nThoughtful essays describe the architecture of the essential spiral staircase, lost lighthouses, how the lights work, the light-keepers, haunted lighthouses, the future of lighthouses and the most recognized and unusual of lighthouses, the Statue of Liberty. For the traveler, there is a list of North American Lights and useful resources.\nLighthouse aficionados are many in number and all will enjoy this stunning book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Firefly Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963148234805,"sku":"ByrdShop_1770852492","price":47.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781770852495_e6470bb7-4b4e-4ba9-9282-9ce8addce92a.jpg?v=1781284478","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lighthouses-of-north-america-beacons-from-coast-to-coast-9781770852495","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}