America's lighthouses : an illustrated history / by Francis Ross Holland, Jr.

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Holland, F. Ross, Jr. (Francis Ross), 1927-2005.

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America's lighthouses : an illustrated history / by Francis Ross Holland, Jr.

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Description:

x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: Rev. ed. Brattleboro, Vt. : S. Greene Press, 1981, ©1972.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index.
The foundation -- The light -- A history of the administration of lighthouses -- The keeper's work -- The keeper's life -- The lightship -- Lighthouses of the North Atlantic coast : Maine through Delaware -- Lighthouses of the South Atlantic coast : Maryland to the Florida keys -- Lighthouses of the Gulf coast : The Florida keys to the Mexican border -- Lighthouses of the West coast : San Diego to Cape Flattery -- Lighthouses of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain -- Lighthouses of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands -- Fog signals, buoys, and river lights -- Epilogue.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

048625576X (pbk.)
9780486255767 (pbk.)

Subject:

Lighthouses United States.
Phares États-Unis.
lighthouses.
Lighthouses
United States

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Location: Library main 106401
Call No.: ID PLB VK1023.H65; ID:94-B2490
Status: Available

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