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Twilight on the Lighthouses
Jim Gibbs
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Description for Twilight on the Lighthouses
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, over 500 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: AJC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1052.
The safety of countless people has depended on lighthouses, beacons that cut through fog and darkness to alert seafaring souls of shores ahead. A former lighthouse keeper tells the dramatic stories of the sentinels that line the coast from California to British Columbia. Vintage and color photos of these lighthouses, coastal landscapes, and even tragic shipwrecks are presented as part of a narrative that focuses on human courage. As technology inexorably advances, the job of the lighthouse keeper is gradually being phased out. This is the twilight of the lighthouses' use for navigation, and this work is a tribute to ... Read more
The safety of countless people has depended on lighthouses, beacons that cut through fog and darkness to alert seafaring souls of shores ahead. A former lighthouse keeper tells the dramatic stories of the sentinels that line the coast from California to British Columbia. Vintage and color photos of these lighthouses, coastal landscapes, and even tragic shipwrecks are presented as part of a narrative that focuses on human courage. As technology inexorably advances, the job of the lighthouse keeper is gradually being phased out. This is the twilight of the lighthouses' use for navigation, and this work is a tribute to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887409301
SKU
V9780887409301
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Jim Gibbs
Jim Gibbs is a lighthouse keeper and former editor of Seattle's Maritime Digest. He resides now at Cleft of the Rock Lighthouse is Oregon.
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