This unique book offers you, the most daring of readers, fourteen original stories of horror, mystery, suspense, and adventure.Within these pages lurk monsters from the depths of the seas and the far reaches of the cosmos.
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An introduction to lighthouses, their history, keepers, and use.
Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original.
Charles Payton tells the story of lighthouses, focusing on those that belong to the National Trust or stand on National Trust land.
Featured in the book is a foreword by Bob Trapani Jr., Executive Director of the American Lighthouse Foundation, along with many unique lighthouse structures, some still standing proudly guarding our coastlines, while others only remain as ...
Each of the 50 lighthouses showcased in this book features an article that delves into great detail on the ingenuity, hard work, and bravery it took to build and maintain these beacons of maritime hope. Full color photography.
This book relates the story of their construction, often in desperately dangerous and stormy conditions, looks at the lives of their keepers and considers how automation has changed the modern lighthouse.
Fascinating facts reveal the physical characteristics of each lighthouse, where and how it was built, the story of the brave keepers who manned it and its record in saving lives.
This is the ultimate book for admirers of lighthouses and architecture.
Swedish lighthouse engineering was later to produce its most famous son, Gustaf Dalén, but he only appeared on the scene in the early 20th century, when lighthouses underwent a revolution from being manned to automated.
Lighthouses: A Colorful Tour of America's Coastal Treasures
The diminutive size belies this book's widespread popularity. Lighthouses have a certain mystique and glory all their own. This little book sheds light on the extensive, impressive history of a coastal mainstay.