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a history of the American lighthouse

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An edition of Brilliant beacons (2016)

Brilliant beacons

a history of the American lighthouse

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A history of America as reflected by the nation's lighthouses combines maritime lore with original details to trace coastal political, military, and technological expansions, citing the roles of key contributors.

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English
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541

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Subjects
Lighthouses, United States, United States. Bureau of Light-Houses, United States. Lighthouse Service, History, United states, bureau of light-houses
Places
United States

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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
2017, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Brilliant Beacons: a History of the American Lighthouse
2016, Liveright Publishing Corporation
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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-514) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
387.1/550973
Library of Congress
VK1023 .D65 2016, VK1023.D65 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xv, 541 pages
Number of pages
541

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27205315M
ISBN 10
0871406683
ISBN 13
9780871406682
LCCN
2015044089
OCLC/WorldCat
909974644

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