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Superb photographs and graphics provide a unique look at New York's
colonization, settlement, and economic growth. Discover how the
state's rich maritime heritage centers around 69 lighthouses,
located on many different water bodies. This book details all of
them, including famous lighthouses like Montauk Point, Fire Island,
and Buffalo. These symbols of strength have protected mariners for
over two hundred years. Fascinating historical facts, heroic
rescues by lighthouse keepers, heartwarming stories about keepers
and their families, engineering and construction details, lost
beacons, and travel information make this a complete guide to New
York State lighthouses.
Discover the maritime and human history of Florida's 30
awe-inspiring lighthouses along the East Coast, through the Keys,
and up the west coast to the Panhandle. Both modern color and
historical black-and-white photographs, as well as postcards and
diagrams, illustrate their role in the settlement of not only
Florida, but all of America. Florida's shores have been witness to
over five centuries of maritime history, including battles in the
Revolutionary War, the Seminole Wars, the Civil War, and World War
II. Diving into the lives of the keepers of these beacons, the
Tuerses describe how the lighthouse keepers navigated not only
these political conflicts, but nature's wrath, braving hurricanes
and wild storms to keep the lights burning. This meticulously
researched book covers the technical-such as the engineering behind
the design of the towers and lenses-as well as the personal,
including stories of widowed women balancing raising a family with
tending the lighthouse.
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