Rare archival photography and insightful commentary transport readers back in time to the most interesting and important era in the history of American light towers. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Avere nella propria libreria The Golden age of american Lighthouse vuol dire avere un pezzo di storia per gli amanti dei Fari e dei luoghi connessi. Insomma essere veri faronauti Enzo Stroscio mentre stà scrivendo un libro narrato e romanzato sui fari del mondo, sulle storie e leggende e sul Faro Biscari di Catania.
Nice Entry Into Lighthouse History
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Having visited some this summer, asked at a lighthouse museum for book to enter lighthouse past, and this one was suggested. What really helps are the nice large photos and verbage about what a keeper did and the phasing of them out by modern technology and resotration and preservation efforts for others.
best lighthouse book ever written
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is the best lighthouse book I have ever read. It's jammed packed with information you would never find in any other lighthouse book. Strange and unusal tales, like the man who built many of our lighthouses and missed becoming presient by a matter of hours, or the man who ran our lighthouse service for 32 years is also the same man who saved the Declration of Independence. This is one lighthouse book you will want to have
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