Author: Holland, Francis Ross, Jr.,
Title: America's Lighthouses: their illustrated history since 1716.
Description: Brattleboro, VT, Stephen Greene Press, (1972). 2nd ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Comprehensive history of the U.S. Lighthouse Service with details of the development of the lighthouse beacon form of aid. to navigation giving way to more sophisticated techniques. Author discusses the designs, lenses and fuels, duties and way of life of lighthouse keepers, other aids to navigation. Various clippings from the 1970s about lightshouse laids in, library markings.

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