Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island's Welcoming Beacon - Couverture souple

Bleyer, Bill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1625859775 ISBN 13 : 9781625859778

Editeur : History Press, 2017

Synopsis

The first Fire Island Lighthouse was constructed in 1826 after numerous shipwrecks along the barrier island. A replacement tower built in 1858 incorporated innovations in lighthouse design such as the Fresnel lens. Vessels anchored offshore, known as lightships, augmented the lighthouse for many years. The Coast Guard shut down the site in 1973. Through the efforts of the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society and the National Park Service, the beautiful structure was meticulously restored and the tower relit in 1986. Along with a selection of wonderful color photographs depicting the grandeur of the lighthouse, author Bill Bleyer charts the history of Long Island's cherished Fire Island Lighthouse.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bill Bleyer was a prize-winning staff writer for Newsday, the Long Island daily newspaper, for thirty-three years before retiring in 2014. He is the author of Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White House and co-author of Long Island and the Civil War, both published by The History Press. He has been published in Civil War News, Naval History, Sea History, Lighthouse Digest, the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, the Toronto Star and others. Bleyer graduated from Hofstra University and earned a master's in urban studies at Queens College of CUNY.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: History Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1625859775
• ISBN 13: 9781625859778
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160
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• Personne responsable: non disponible