Lost Lighthouses

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Summary: Lost Lighthouses vital to saving history
Review: Proving how vital lighthouses were to early America, the first public works act of the First Congress of the United States of America was the creation of what became known as "The United States Lighthouse Service." The U.S. Lighthouse Service was dissolved in 1939, thus changing our nation's maritime history forever. What we have tried to do with this book is show why it is so vital to save what lighthouses we have left. The book is the result of seven years of research, documenting with stories, photos and the history of many lighthouses that have been lost forever. We hope you enjoy the book and consider it as a gift for yourself or anyone with any type of maritime, history interest or interest in architecture. Hopefully the book will encourage you to visit lighthouses that are still standing and join one of the many lighthouse preservation groups around the country.

I'm sure you will enjoy this book, there has never been another one like it.

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Summary: Rapidly becoming my favorite lighthouse series
Review: The companion book to Endangered Lighthouses, this one is forced to rely on vintage photographs to show the subject at hand because said subject has usually been gone for longer than I've resided on this planet. An impressive job has been done of tracking down the information presented here, especially the photographs, several of which show the subject lighthouse in advanced states of decay, and several more which show the actual death of the subject lighthouse. A great book and a worthy addition to your lighthouse library.

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Summary: This is a very nice and informative book.
Review: The photos are all B&W but that's due to the old photographs. Its a shame that so many of these lights have gone. Having visited 80 lighthouses I can appreciate just how unique they are.

Rating:
Summary: This is a very nice and informative book.
Review: The photos are all B&W but that's due to the old photographs. Its a shame that so many of these lights have gone. Having visited 80 lighthouses I can appreciate just how unique they are.

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Summary: Beautifully done!
Review: This is an attractive, well-written and thouroughly researched book that anyone interested in lighthouse history should have in their collection. Not another coffee table book with pretty pictures from the present day, this book features lighthouses that no longer exist. Besides being engrossing reading, it amounts to a plea for readers to help save the lighthouses we still have, especially those that are endangered for one reason or another.

Rating:
Summary: Beautifully done!
Review: This is an attractive, well-written and thouroughly researched book that anyone interested in lighthouse history should have in their collection. Not another coffee table book with pretty pictures from the present day, this book features lighthouses that no longer exist. Besides being engrossing reading, it amounts to a plea for readers to help save the lighthouses we still have, especially those that are endangered for one reason or another.

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Summary: A fine guide to lighthouse history.
Review: This new volume to a classic provides stories and images of almost two hundred 'lost' beacons, gathering writings from before, after and during their demise and blending research with memoirs and accounts of the lighthouses and their history. A fine guide to lighthouse history emerges.