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Published: 2003-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780763160418
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This hardcover engagement calendar features spectacular photographs of Great Lakes lighthouses for each week of the year.
Author: BrownTrout Publishers, Incorporated
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Published: 2002-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780763148720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Wes Oleszewski
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeatures over 300 lighthouses, with photos and descriptions, historical data, locations, and a comprehensive index. The only all Great Lakes guide!
Author: Daniel E. Dempster, Todd R. Berger
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781610604376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe lighthouses of the Great Lakes, for so long guiding ships to safety across the rough waters, still stand as beacons to adventurous travelers. Rich with vintage and contemporary photographs, picturing the lighthouses inside and out, by day and by night, the book takes you into the fascinating history of the structures at Split Rock, Sandusky, Big Sable Point, Old Mackinac Point Light, and Marblehead Light, to name a few. Berger’s stories about keepers and their families, horrific storms, and even encounters with ghosts bring to vivid life the lost world of these historic lighthouses. A thoroughly engaging tour page by page, the book also makes travel to these destinations easy as well as edifying, with maps, directions, and a comprehensive appendix listing all the current lighthouses.
Author: Larry Wright
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781554078936
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeaturing more than 650 lighthouses located throughout the five Great Lakes, a lavish encyclopedia uncovers the history behind these noble structures, which helped guide thousands of sailors and now mostly serve as monuments to an exciting period in history and points of pilgrimage for maritime enthusiasts.
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Published: 2003-05
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ISBN-13: 9780763160371
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"For beautiful scenery and a journey into the maritime past, nothing beats a trip to a lighthouses. These solitary beacons have guided many a ship to safe harbor.
Author: Ray Jones
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2023-05-01
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1493047310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLighthouses of the Great Lakes combines the fascinating history and lore of approximately forty-one lighthouses with stunning color and black-and-white photographs. Focusing on the lighthouses of Lake Michigan and Lake Superior, this beautifully illustrated book provides stirring descriptions of the lighthouses as well as directions and details on visiting these memorable Great Lakes landmarks.
Author: Charles K. Hyde
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780814325544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHyde documents maritime history from the early 18th century through the growth of commerce in the Great Lakes, and provides a general history of the US Lighthouse Service and it descendants. He describes some 160 light houses in the region, and details the lives of early lighthouse keepers dedicated to aiding travelers in distress. Includes color photos, and bandw historical photos and illustrations. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Larry Wright
Publisher: Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 104
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBRIGHT LIGHTS, DARK NIGHTS is the much-anticipated sequel to Larry and Patricia Wright's enormously popular Bonfires & Beacons: Great Lakes Lighthouses. The lighthouses featured in this book evoke the beauty and rich history of lightkeeping on the Great Lakes, on both sides of the American--Canadian border.
