{
"item_title" : "Brilliant Beacons",
"item_author" : [" Eric Jay Dolin "],
"item_description" : "In this magnificent compendium (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing illuminate[s] the history of America itself (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and fascinating anecdotes (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses--from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii.A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016",
"item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/63/149/250/1631492500_b.jpg",
"price_data" : {
"retail_price" : "18.95", "online_price" : "18.95", "our_price" : "18.95", "club_price" : "18.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : ""
}
}
Brilliant Beacons : A History of the American Lighthouse
Other Available Formats
Overview
In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses--from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii.
A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016
Customers Also Bought
- 1
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781631492501
- ISBN-10: 1631492500
- Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Publish Date: April 2017
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 560
Related Categories