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Lighthouses (Hardcover)
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Lighthouses (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R132
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Crossing open waters has always been a dangerous undertaking, but
drawing close to the destination is the most hazardous part of the
sailor's journey. Reaching the right harbor during the night and
knowing how to avoid razor-sharp rocks or reefs is a task that can
defeat the most experienced navigator--often with fatal
results.
Since earliest times the response to these dangers has been to
erect a light-bearing tower, a beacon to sailors that could guide
them into port safely. Some of these early lighthouses were merely
stone towers built on the shore, but others, like the Colossus of
Rhodes--a 110-foot (33m) statue of the sun god Helios, built in 282
B.C. in the Mediterranean--became wonders of the ancient
world.
Architecturally imposing and cloaked with an air of romance,
lighthouses continue to fascinate us. Often there are tales of
strange events connected to lonely lighthouses--tragic stories of
keepers and ghosts at sea.
Minot's Ledge is one such place. At least forty vessels had run
aground off this deadly outcrop just southeast of Boston before
construction of a tower began in 1847. It didn't last very long.
Four years later, the original lighthouse was toppled by a
devastating hurricane that washed its two keepers into the sea.
Although Minot's Ledge Light is no longer manned, tales persist of
eerie sounds, slamming doors, and apparitions of a man, soaking
wet, clinging to a rope outside the new tower This is a chilling
reminder that even the most valiant efforts to prevent tragedy can
be in vain.
Leo Marriott's LIGHTHOUSES, illustrated with more than 100 color
photographs, takes readers on a historical and international tour
of these wonderful structures. It recounts tales of great courage
and tragedy, as well as details of why and how the lighthouses were
built.
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