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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 386.8550977
EAN num: 9781550463996
ISBN number: 1550463993
Label: Boston Mills Press
Manufacturer: Boston Mills Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 448
Printing Date: November 01, 2006
Publishing house: Boston Mills Press
Sale Popularity Level: 411216
Studio: Boston Mills Press
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The lighthouses of the five Great Lakes -- a comprehensive collection with full-colour photographs.
This comprehensive, full-colour encyclopedia features more than 650 lighthouses located on all five of the Great Lakes. These lakes may appear easy to navigate, but swift currents, hidden reefs and shoals, shifting sandbars, uncharted passages and fierce, fast-moving storms made early navigation a mariner's nightmare. Thousands of sailors' lives were lost before the network of lighthouses was established, and tales of tragedy and triumph abound.
All manner of stone, brick and wooden lighthouses were erected to light the night and guide the captains of schooners, steamers, brigs, barks and sloops. Too many of these noble structures have now fallen into disrepair or have been torn down in the name of progress, but hundreds survive as monuments to an exciting period in history and points of pilgrimage for millions of maritime enthusiasts.
Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia includes lighthouses in both the United States and Canada. For each there is a description of its history and construction material. For many that are either open to the public or accessible through state or provincial parks, points of acess are given.
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the best lighthouse book we have seen, and we have several excellent books, this is concise, easy to read and laid out so you can make a lighthouse colour tour.
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This book provides more information about the lighthouses of the Great Lakes, past & present, than any I have read before. It is an outstanding resource.
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This is really a great lighthouse book. It has beautiful pictures and a lot of information about the history of over 600 lighthouses of the Great Lakes. It even has information on lost lighthouses such the Kalamazoo River Light near Saugatuck, Michigan. I know of no other book which has more comprehensive coverage of all of the Great Lakes lights and has it all in one volume. And my copy was a real bargain purchased a lower price here than any of the bookstores in my area.
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