Great American Lighthouses - (Great American Places) by F Ross Holland (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This year marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Lighthouse Service, and Great American Lighthouses is a bicentennial salute to the<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Lighthouses are increasingly endangered by modernization and abandonment. Simple steel skeletons are replacing the picturesque, conical towers, squat screwpiles and Cape Cod styles so much a part of America's maritime history. This traveler's guide to more than 300 of the nation's most significant lighthouses and lightships includes an introductory look at the evolution of lighthouse technology and how these obsolete but beloved structures can be rescued.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Francis Ross Holland Jr.</b> was an American historian. He is best remembered today for his books on American lighthouses. Holland was born in Savannah, Georgia. He graduated from Georgia State University in 1949; in 1958 he received a master's degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin.</p>
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