The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, And Hawai'i - Couverture rigide

Wire, Elinor De

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0760324662 ISBN 13 : 9780760324660

Editeur : Voyageur Press, 2006

Synopsis

This convenient, pocket-sized guidebook documents 82 lighthouses of the Pacific Coast - including the sentinels of Alaska and Hawai'i. Historical and architectural details, directions, and where to go for more information accompanies each lighthouse. Almost all of the lighthouses are illustrated with at least one color photograph, historical image, or vintage postcard. Sidebars about life as a lightkeeper, deadly storms, and hauntings pepper the text. Popular and picturesque lighthouses, such as New Dungeness in Washington, Point Reyes in California, Haceta Head in Oregon, Point Loma in California, and Diamond Head in Hawai'i, are highlighted with a one-page feature. It includes traditional lighthouses only, or those that are considered visually attractive and historically significant.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Elinor De Wire is also the author of Voyageur Press's Lighthouses of the South and Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic Coast. She has been researching and photographing lighthouses for more than twenty-five years and has written nine books and more than fifty articles on the topic. Her travels to more than 400 lighthouses worldwide are the focus of her lectures and articles. She serves in a variety of capacities for a number of non-profit lighthouse preservation groups and chairs the youth initiative for the American Lighthouse Foundation. She lives in Seabeck, Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Voyageur Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0760324662
• ISBN 13: 9780760324660
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible