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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
By Dolin, Eric Jay
- ISBN
- 9780871406682 9781631491535
- Publisher
- Liveright: Norton
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Reviewed on February 1, 2016 | Social Sciences
Hailing lighthouses as "national treasures" that "literally lit the way" for U.S. economic growth and maritime safety, independent historian Dolin (When America First Met China) establishes lighthouses and their keepers to be admirable and worth studying. Much of this book documents the evolving design and management of lighthouses since Boston built the first in 1716. Other chapters describe the men and women who bat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
